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To: Ramus who wrote (15520)	9/25/1998 5:58:00 PM
From: Dave	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

W. Houston: Qualcomm pioneered CDMA for use in a mobile environment But the concept has been around since the early to mid 40's. According to the Qualcomm website "QUALCOMM has an extensive CDMA patent portfolio with over 130 CDMA patents issued and approximately 400 patent applications pending in the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea, China and elsewhere around the world." exchange2000.com On the Nokia website, Ericsson has 100+ patents relating to CDMA systems. As of 17 August 1998, the Q has 209 US Patents. Ericy, for point of argument, has 1616 US Patents and 112 relating to CDMA systems. Both numbers do not include applications on file or allowed applications. I found out these numbers doing a database search. If their claims of infringement are valid? As a shareholder I would hope so! Yes, I suppose in the end whether or not a standard infringes IPR could be decided in the courts. Ericsson has stated that the standard doesn't infringe Qualcomms IPRs. So we shall see what we will see. Ericy has stated that the standard does not infringe the Q's IPR and the Q says it does. Both statements are biased, won't you agree? Qualcomm has said they will not license a standard that is not backward compatible with IS-95 and other standards. Well, the Q has drawn the line in the sand, not the ETSI. dave