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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedNokia claims Qualcomm patents 'exhausted' in Europe; Qualcomm says nonsense, it's all about cross-licensing negotiations.(News)
RCR Wireless News, March, 2007
Byline: PHIL CARSON As the April 9 deadline draws near for renewing an existing cross-licensing agreement between Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc., the Finnish handset maker has filed complaints in two European courts asking that the courts find certain Qualcomm patents "exhausted.'' Such a finding would free Nokia from the need to pay Qualcomm royalties on certain products sold in Europe, according to Nokia.
Bill Plummer, Nokia's vice president for external affairs in North America, said that ongoing negotiations over the cross-licensing agreement "stand alone'' and apart from the new filings in Europe. That was disputed by Lou Lupin, general counsel for Qualcomm. "Let's be candid,'' Lupin said. "In some sense, all the litigation (between...
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