In a decision watched closely by the mobile phone industry, the Bush
administration on Monday let stand an earlier ruling that requires
Qualcomm to pay licensing fees to its competitor Broadcom.
....
The decision is a blow to Qualcomm, based in San Diego, which is a
dominant maker of chips for phones used on mobile phone networks
operated by Verizon Wireless, Sprint and AT&T. Qualcomm has argued
that the licensing fees of $6 a phone that Broadcom demanded were
prohibitively expensive.
....
Verizon reached a deal with Broadcom last month. ...
David Rosmann, vice president for intellectual property litigation at
Broadcom, said the company would seek an immediate enforcement of the
ruling that would bar the importing of phones with unlicensed
Broadcom technology. Mr. Rosmann said such a ban would probably
affect fewer than 10 percent of phones, and only new models that are
not yet on the market.
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Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
Re: NEWS: U.S. Supports Patent Ruling in a Setback for Qualcomm
On Aug 7, 1:01 am, John Navas <spamfilt...@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/technology/07broadcom.html>
>
> In a decision watched closely by the mobile phone industry, the Bush
> administration on Monday let stand an earlier ruling that requires
> Qualcomm to pay licensing fees to its competitor Broadcom.
I'm even more thrilled at Q'com's loss of patent enforcement for
patents
that it hid! Free markets require transparency, and open standards
require
full disclosure of patents!
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