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To: Harvey Rosenkrantz who wrote (13414)	8/6/1998 11:10:00 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

To all - this morning seems like (at least for some of us) a good time to dish out a lot of "take that, Tero" (ttT ?). I find it interesting to consider who I have perceived to be the enemy. First, I thought it was MOT. Then, I learned more about wireless (mostly from reading stuff right here). It was clear that MOT is not "the enemy," although I still cannot believe they think they own the patent on anything that folds in half. Then, I thought it was ERICY and NOK.A. But, now I think it is only ERICY (even though I am a bit sick and tired of reading about how great those pink covers on Nokia handsets are). Any thoughts out there? Jon.

To: Harvey Rosenkrantz who wrote (13414)	8/6/1998 8:28:00 PM
From: JGoren	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

If I can find the time, I hope to watch at least part of the Qcom-Ericy trial (it's not too far from Dallas, as I recall) and report to the thread. (A Dallas tassle loafer.) It's supposed to be early this fall.

To: Harvey Rosenkrantz who wrote (13414)	8/9/1998 12:32:00 PM
From: Raymond	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

About The forthcoming trial.How can Ericsson not agree to sign a licence for CDMA 2000.Could it be so simple that Ericsson believes they have a strong case arguing that QCOM is infringing on their patents.If that is the case and if the QCOM guys have not been totally truthful with Gregg about how strong case they have that could explain something.I am sure that Ericsson is not going to court if they are sure to loose.If they win QCOM will be in a rather difficult position when they have used their own patents as blackmail.If Ericsson wins and says to QCOM that they will not licence their patent to QCOM they can just close down the shop.The W-CDMA standard is not finalized so they have the possibilities to change the standard so they don't infring on QCOMS patents.In IS-95 already millions of phones are sold so they can't change that standard in any big way and still keep it compatible with the old phones. Maurice raving about that Ericsson will steal QCOM:s patents is not relevant .Of course they can't steal any patents.If they did that they would be stopped from selling their goods in more or less any country. Except China maybe. /R