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To: Quincy who wrote (885)	8/17/1998 2:03:00 PM
From: Dave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Quincy: I did a search for Qualcomm as the assignee of the patent. Currently, Qualcomm has 209 US patents. That number does not include recently issued cases. Ericsson has, on the other hand, 1616 US Patents. When you limit the search term to Ericsson and CDMA, I got 112. dave

To: Quincy who wrote (885)	8/17/1998 9:43:00 PM
From: Dave	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

Quincy: RE: "Considering that Gregg Powers is Q's largest institutional investor, I trust his research. The cost of the patent research pales in comparison to the size of his investment." As they said in the Nike commercials about Bo Jackson, Gregg knows financials. BUT, with respect to patents, "..[Gregg] don't know Diddley" Who cares about the size of his investment? I have found that the silicon investor threads are a bunch of cheerleaders. The minute you attack something someone assumes, surmises, etc, you are deemed wrong. Let's look at the facts. Under U.S. Law, all U.S. Patents are presumed valid. That law, therefore, presumes that all Qualcomm and Ericsson patents are valid and enforceable. Second. Let's assume you invent a potato peeler. (In this next assumption, I will not deal with cross licensing) Does that mean that you, and only you, can reduce to practice (meaning manufacture) a potato peeler. YES. What if, however, I get a patent on a potato peeler (which is patentably distince and unobvious), can I manufacture this device. YES. In these assumptions, however, you will most likely take me to court and sue me for patent infringement. However, for my defense, I will state that your patent is invalid since the scope of your invention is too broad (you claimed any and all potato peelers). Like I said before, Ericsson can get the IPR. That will be no problem. The problem, as I see it, will be the integration of a CDMA system. Of course, that will succeed, but will run into problems, as the mighty Q did early on. Like I have continually been stating, just b/c one gets a patent doesn't mean someone else can't. Trust someone who works in the business, as you trust Gregg Powers who works in finance. dave