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To: Quincy who wrote (15670)	9/29/1998 12:55:00 AM
From: mozek	Respond to of 152472

Quincy, Not only does Dave seem to be self-promoting and arrogant, his logic is quite flawed. We can all measure the size of our respective appendages or patent experience (yes, I have written, modified, received, and worked on litigation for patents), but no matter what my experience or knowledge, there is always someone with more around the corner. The fact is that, while invalid or questionable patents can be disputed, unless Gregg is lying (which I seriously doubt), then a thorough and professional patent portfolio evaluation has determined that Qualcomm has valid and enforceable patents on enough CDMA technology to make a feasible wireless CDMA system virtually impossible to implement without it. In fact, numerous partners of EricY have determined the same thing and licensed IP from Qualcomm for the same technology that EricY is claiming as QCOM IP-free. Another interesting point... If EricY hopes to ever try and steal QCOM's IP (or at least reserve the right to try), they absolutely cannot admit that it may be valid. If they do, they've instantly committed themselves to triple damages should QCOM get a judgement against them. QCOM obviously believes that EricY's CDMA implementation infringes its IP, or, as Gregg so astutely points out, they'd take an offer of licensing their IP rather than stick to their guns. Personally, I think it'll be quite interesting if EricY does try to sell a system without licensing the IP. I think it's pretty likely that QCOM would be able to prove that EricY knew, at some level, that they were violating its IP. Quite interesting indeed. I suppose that if you debate the meaning of the phrase "I am the best qualified person on the job right now" as meaning while he was typing the post, then Dave may be right. Then again, maybe not ;-) Mike