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To: Clarksterh who wrote (14182)	8/27/1998 3:10:00 AM
From: Ingenious	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

There is also the possibility that Ericson/Motorola and others have patents to other essential technology (such as a flip phone) and when the going gets tought, they will throw them in their opponents face. This often ends up in a cross license where the strong get stronger etc. (see Microsoft and Apple). True, Is95 is an important standard but it is just not the only one that a group of people could conjure up.

To: Clarksterh who wrote (14182)	8/27/1998 1:33:00 PM
From: Dave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Clark: RE:"The standard that QCOM sells equipment for is indeed IS-95, but that does not mean that their patents are only applicable to IS-95." Clark, usually at the end of a disclosure, the applicant writes that modifications of the patent would not diverge from the scope of the invention. The question would be, how obvious to one with ordinary skill in the art would it have been to use that system in a different standard. Furthermore, if the scope of the claims mentions IS-95 as a limitation, then the Q's protection would only be in IS-95 systems. dave