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HTC Advantage 7510: Lawyered Out of the US

Remember what Malatesta told you during last week's podcast? He told you that Qualcomm has been having a rough...

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LG to make Windows Mobile Smartphones?

We’ve been awfully hard on Broadcom here at WMExperts, mainly because we (ok, me, for various reasons) A recent sign of Broadcom’s newfound footing in basebands came May 31, when Broadcom said it and Microsoft (MSFT), the world’s largest software company, had jointly created a design center in Taiwan where the companies will develop basebands that run Microsoft’s Windows Mobile software.... But Starkweather says Korea’s LG Electronics asked Broadcom and Microsoft to work together and that Microsoft is spending as much on the center with Broadcom as it has on comparable efforts with TI and Qualcomm.

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Qualcomm on the Patent Ropes

Today’s news: Qualcomm just got knocked to the mat in their patent fight with Broadcom. In a move following a string of legal defeats to Broadcom Corp., a rival and a newcomer to the cell phone business, Qualcomm Inc. announced yesterday that its lead counsel, Lou Loupin, will be resigning.

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Qualcomm Chip Ban Continues

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed Qualcomm’s request for a stay of the ban, saying that it can’t consider a stay until a presidential review period is over. U.S. President George Bush has 60 days following the U.S. International Trade Commission’s decision from June 7 to overturn the ban.

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Verizon Makes An End Run Around 3G Chip Ban

Under a licensing agreement, Verizon will pay Broadcom $6 for every handset, PDA, or data card that uses EvDO (Evolution-Data Optimized) mobile broadband technology. The carrier will make the payments up to a ceiling of $40 million per calendar quarter and a lifetime maximum of $200 million.

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CTIA: Don't Ban 3G Chips

Just over a month ago we reported that the International Trade Commission wants to ban 3G chips from being imported into the US because they violated Broadcom patents (Story here).

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