Janak Parekh
09-19-2007, 04:30 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.qualcomm.com/press/releases/2007/070912_Federal_Circuit_Court.html' target='_blank'>http://www.qualcomm.com/press/relea...cuit_Court.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, today announced that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted a stay pending appeal that will allow third parties to import handsets into the United States originally banned by the International Trade Commission (ITC)."</i><br /><br />And so the soap opera continues. You've got mobile techies' favorite discussion subjects: patents, cellular networks, proprietary wireless technologies, all rolled into one. ;) Short-term, this is probably good news for US Pocket PC Phone consumers--I presume HTC and others use Qualcomm for their CDMA chipsets (although HTC wasn't party to the stay, so maybe I'm wrong). The longterm situation, though, remains murky as ever. I wouldn't be surprised if HTC is looking for alternatives during this reprieve if they haven't already.