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To: marginmike who wrote (16986)	10/22/1998 9:27:00 PM
From: DaveMG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

I'm beginning to get the idea that this might be a poker game which drags on for a very very long time. We're gonna go crazy trying to interpret the meaning of every card that's played, where it fits in.What are the rules in this game anyway? Is there a jury? How could they field a qualified jury? This is a district court in Texas isn't it, so there can and most likely will be appeals, and more appeals after that. We probably wouldn't be paying so much attention if this ETSI thing hadn't come up. Is Wall ST paying as much attention as we are? Is the stock being pressured because of this, will good earnings be enough to overcome the ERICY ball and chain? DaveMG

To: marginmike who wrote (16986)	10/22/1998 10:31:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

margin,Round 1 goes too; Ericsson withdraws some patent claims The San Diego Union-Tribune Qualcomm scored a victory yesterday in the latest battle of a legal war pitting its technology against patents filed by Sweden's Ericsson wireless telecom firm. In a courtroom tussle that could affect future wireless standards, Ericsson -- one of Qualcomm's chief global competitors -- dropped legal claims involving five of the eight patents it has asserted against Qualcomm products. Ericsson officials said they made the move so they could concentrate on their strongest claims when they go to court next year. But Brian Modoff, a telecommunications analyst with Bankers Trust New York in San Francisco says that "in terms of the legal battle, this round definitely goes to Qualcomm." The battle began in 1995, when Ericsson asserted eight patents against various elements of Qualcomm's digital wireless equipment using code-division multiple-access (CDMA) technology, asserting that they infringe on Ericsson's own patents. Ericsson then filed suit in Texas -- where most of its U.S. operations are based -- to block Qualcomm from asserting its own patent rights. At stake is whether Qualcomm will be able to collect royalties on the products, which involve the part of the wireless network that connects base stations, or antennae, to the cellular phone. The patents relate to such things as encryption, power control and so-called soft-handoff -- when a call is switched from one base station to another. (Copyright 1998) _____via IntellX_____ Publication Date: October 22, 1998 Powered by NewsReal's IndustryWatch ...back to top