To: Quincy who wrote (15553 ) 9/25/1998 11:10:00 PM From: Dave Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Quincy:Isn't it dangerous to assume they exist or are more useful than Qualcomm's original patents? But, some of them are very simple and very elegant solutions to problems haunting CDMA since it was discovered. Read what I am saying, and have been saying. Just b/c someone gets a patent on "Soft Handoff", or "Power Control", or whatever, doesn't mean a different entity, or assignee, can't get a patent on it.broadly read their claims, they felt that the Q owed them some big bucks. Well, the Q won, b/c of scope of the invention, etc. etc. This could come back to haunt the Q, too! Remember, the Q alledges that their patents cover both narrow band and broad band CDMA. However, at the time the invention was made, only narrow band was known. Interesting, huh? Many companies, and Wang Laboratories comes to mind as one, are dusting off their old patents are trying to see if someone is infringing on their IP.CDMA2000 will never be shut out of the GSM market because Qualcomm can put any air-air interface on GSM switching systems. They demonstrated this with IS95a and Vodaphone this spring. If Ericsson could just ignore Qualcomm, by the same measure couldn't there be Percodan and Pravachol generic clones on the Pharmacy shelves by Christmas Qualcomm actually appears to be looking out for my best interest as a consumer by desiring to be a part of the best standard, not just the EuroAsian standard. But, since I have CDMAOne coverage wherever I travel plus flat-rate roaming, don't you think that would be overkill for me? do your phone calls reach you reliably when you are in analog?
