Industry Giants Square Off Against Qualcomm Over 3G Patents
BOO HOOO
Why would they need to buy our technology? And our CDMA technology at that?
Why don't they make WGSM??
Get over it..
graphikzking said:
I thought the GSM companies of Europe have been bragging about how much more ADVANCED they are than the American Companies???
Why would they need to buy our technology? And our CDMA technology at that?
Why don't they make WGSM??
Get over it..
Here's the deal.
According to a huge legal battle between Qualcomm and Ericsson, Ericsson claimed it invented wcdma. Qualcomm claimed they did. The courts decided that they both did and awarded several patents to both companies. Other companies like Nokia and Tex Inst also own many wcdma patents but appaently not the "core" patents.
Ericsson, Nokia and the other Euro companies just trade the licenses to each other for the most part and ...
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CamelTowing said:...graphikzking said:
I thought the GSM companies of Europe have been bragging about how much more ADVANCED they are than the American Companies???
Why would they need to buy our technology? And our CDMA technology at that?
Why don't they make WGSM??
Get over it..
Here's the deal.
According to a huge legal battle between Qualcomm and Ericsson, Ericsson claimed it invented wcdma. Qualcomm claimed they did. The courts decided that they both did and awarded several patents to both companies. Other companies like Nokia and Tex Inst also own many wcdma patents but appaently not the "core" patents.
Ericsson, Nokia and the other Euro companies just trade the license
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If this were really a licensing issue, then why are their no pure handset makers involved?
This is a way that the market losers believe they can defeat the winner.
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