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To: mmeggs who wrote (15658)	9/28/1998 11:00:00 PM
From: Dave	Respond to of 152472

Mmeggs: I am stating that since I have written applications and prosecuted patent applications that I am qualified to give you a broader definition of what the industry is like. dave

To: mmeggs who wrote (15658)	9/28/1998 11:29:00 PM
From: Dave	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

mmeggs, all: are [you] more qualified to judge whether ERICY needs or Europe will respect Qualcomm IPR? I am the best qualified person on the job right now, as we speak. Intellectual Property Law is quite diverse. There are people who deal with Licensing of Patents, Preparation and Prosecution of Patent Applications (that would be me), Litigation (of course), Validity/Invalidity opinions, to name a few things. When you all say that the Q has got a few(although few may not be the best word for the Q's IP portfolio) patents on some CDMA thing, most of you do not know what a Patent is and/or can barely identify the acronym CDMA. How are you to judge the patent? This is free advice. Intel has a patent which is nicknamed the "Crawford Patent" given to Dr. Michael (i think) Crawford. It could be defined as what marginmike calls a "blocking patent" b/c anyone who does not posess a license to it cannot manufacture an x86 class uP. That is why you are seeing a bunch of startups (who do not have access to this Crawford Patent) use IBM Microelectronics to fab them a uP becuase IBM Microelectronics has a broad cross licensing agreement with Intel. They (the uP startups) got around (in a way) the Crawford Patent, why can't the big boys? dave