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To: straight life who wrote (15662)	9/29/1998 4:03:00 AM
From: Rajala	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

Taichi and others: ETSI's admission of QCOm IPR, thank you Taichi. Lets have a look the claim no. 5 again: >ETSI acknowledges that Qualcomm holds CDMA IPRs. In this >context the following observation is particularly relevant: > >"With respect to proprietary status, AMPS, NA-TDMA, GSM >and IS-41 are essentially in the public domain. In the case >of CDMA, Qualcomm holds strong intellectual property rights, >which it asserts through licensing agreements with an array >of equipment vendors… If this is the much ballyhooed "proof" that Q has valid IPRs on W-CDMA, my advice is don't pop your champagne bottles as yet. It is universally acknowledged that Q has CDMA IPRs. The billion dollar question remains: does Q have valid IPRs on W-CDMA? E says no, Q says yes. Or sort of, you must admit Dr, J. was not too clear on his last statement, the letter. What happened to the good old crisp American sound bite? Can we sense a little bit of backing off? - rajala