So we are very concerned; we want to make sure our [i.e.,the U.S. government understands the stakes and is not seen opposing the independent judiciary, Muhammad Ashraf Toor, is the Chairman of the Pakistan American National Alliance.

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An opposing group, the Innovation Alliance, generally represents smaller patent holders, but also includes firms, such as Qualcomm, which rely on licensing patents that are used on other products such as cellphones.

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An opposing group, the Innovation Alliance, generally represents smaller patent holders, but also includes firms, such as Qualcomm (nasdaq: QCOM - news - people ), which rely on licensing patents that are used on other products such as cellphones.

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Any such move would lead to a broad alliance inevitably including the opposing PD (headed by Pierluigi Bersani) and the social conservatives of the UDC.

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