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To: JGoren who wrote (23128)	2/20/1999 10:05:00 AM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

JG - Looking back, Ericy has dropped several claims and several of its remaining claims may depend on extensions of its patents that were granted only a couple of months ago. Also, keep in mind that the reissue is close to worthless as far as enforcement against CDMAOne. First, a reissue more than two years from the original patent cannot enlarge the scope of a patent and second, any claims new to a reissue (i.e. a reisssue within the two year limit of item 1) are not enforceable against a thing made by an 'infringer' prior to the actual reissue. Clark

To: JGoren who wrote (23128)	2/20/1999 3:16:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

JGoren, Don't Freakout On Me, Its Just Another Take> Qualcomm, Ericsson hold talks The San Diego Union-Tribune San Diego-based [ Qualcomm ] and Ericsson AB, Sweden's wireless giant, are trying to negotiate a settlement of their intellectual property dispute before their case goes to trial April 6. Ericsson filed a patent-infringement suit against Qualcomm that focuses on a wireless technology called CDMA. The pretrial settlement negotiations were reported yesterday by Investors Business Daily. Christine Trimble, a Qualcomm spokeswoman, confirmed the discussions but said, "There's nothing that I can really comment on. We haven't made an announcement." A pretrial hearing in the case is scheduled for Monday in the small town of Marshall, Texas, where Ericsson filed the case in 1996. "If a compromise were to happen between now and April, it would be an all-inclusive agreement," Qualcomm President Richard Sulpizio told Investors Business Daily. "It would solve this lawsuit as well as get harmonization on the (third-generation) standard." The lawsuit is set against the backdrop of a broader feud over the rights to rival wireless techniques developed for the cellular telephone industry. Global Systems Monitoring, or GSM, reigns in Europe and other parts of the world. Time Division Multiple Access, or TDMA, is the technology of choice for [ AT&T ] . And then there is Code Division Multiple Access, or CDMA, the technology pioneered by Qualcomm that allows wireless telephone network operators to cram more calls into the finite radio spectrum. Resolving the feud over the rival wireless systems is crucial to developing a new technical standard for the next generation of wireless technologies. A United Nations agency -- the International Telecommunications Union -- is supposed to recommend key features of next-generation standards by the end of next month. Like a government deciding what width of gauge trains will run on, the International Telecommunications Union hopes to have a single global standard adopted by Dec. 31. But Ericsson also has laid claim to CDMA. Because of the legal dispute, Ericsson doesn't make CDMA gear and has been unwilling to pay Qualcomm royalties. According to Investors Business Daily, the pretrial hearing could show which company holds the upper hand. For one thing, it should determine what evidence is admissible. "We'd like to have it resolved," Bo Dimert, CEO of Ericsson's U.S. unit, told Investors Business Daily. "We're optimistic we can settle these things so we can go ahead and continue to work on a broadband communications system for the future." (Copyright 1999)