Windows Phone Thoughts: Qualcomm Wins Stay of Import Ban in Patent Dispute Case

"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)."

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.