Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ruffian who wrote (16485)	10/14/1998 8:47:00 PM
From: Harvey Rosenkrantz	Respond to of 152472

Ok Mike, maybe it will take them 7 games. I heard a rumor that David Wells' mother is a Padres fan. On a more serious note... If I read between the lines on the most recent Q announcement regarding IPR and wcdma, it seems that if there is a sufficient cloud over whether or not the essential IPR will be licensed for a given standard, then the ITU will not select that standard. This seems to me to be a pretty good way for Q to block the adoption of wcdma without incurring the litigation cost. "However, pursuant to a letter issued by the ITU-R Director General on May 26, 1998, the ITU will not complete the process of evaluating and selecting submitted proposals unless all essential IPR holders for those proposals either waive all rights to their IPR, or commit to license their IPR on a non-discriminatory basis on reasonable terms and conditions in accordance with the ITU's patent policy."