e500, are you talking to me????
Had a good chuckle from that...do you understand what short means?

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There is nothing wrong as long as it is balanced. He always talks about gloom no matter what. He tries to project any news as negative and earth shattering. Watch all his posts. How many times he predicted that IDCC will go down?

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sjratty, enough already.

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whizzeresq, even if people haven't drawn that conclusion, our resident junior attorney/IDCC thrasher will try at every opportunity to show them the light.
I aprreciate your input, I am in the camp that NOK will be settled soon...even if they don't, IDCC will sign other major players to show the world what NOK is trying to do.

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sjratty, your high hopes/desire of seeing IDCC down clouds any legal expertise you have. All your posts till date clearly show what your intentions are (predicting a lower price at the slightest opportunity...doing it occasionaly might give some credibility). Don't claim this as your reality check...it is something else.....
ENOUGH ALREADY.

GoodLuck All Longs!
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Dishfan, could that be related to any of the LG money for the prior usage?

TIA.

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All, Any significance to the frequent reference to the SDNY ruling
From LG's release
U.S.-based InterDigital receives most of its revenue from royalties on patents. In December, a U.S. federal court ruled that Nokia Oyj ((NOK1V.HE)), the world's biggest mobile phone maker, should pay InterDigital between $232 million and $252 million in royalty payments for 2G and 2.5G technology.

Looks like everybody is giving weight to the decision. Let's see how NOK views it.

TIA.

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sjratty, enough already. Your gloom clouds any valuable input you have to this board. I see the bid/ask creeping up.

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DesertDweller, It would have been an excellent opportunity to catch the call writers and manipulators with their pants down. But, we have to remember that there is another player in this equation...LG...it could have been a request/decision from the other side too....and 285 mill is a pretty big number.

JMHO.

Good Luck All!
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Test. EOM

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DataRox, thanks for the clarification...I messed up my math for the earnings per share calculations. Pretty huge number, though.

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Xavier, thanks for the clarification. 285 mil..hmmmmm
That's great. Can't wait for the upgrades.
It is not all about NOK after all.

GoodLuck All!

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Great News, "LG is obligated to pay InterDigital three equal installments of $95 million, in
the first quarters of 2006, 2007, and 2008, respectively". Does this mena it is 95 x 3 = 285 million or is it 95 total?

TIA

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paheka, true, nothing can be ruled out and we have seen this type of rumors in the past.

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Ellix, sorry for talking for loophole, I guess what loop meant was that IDCC should put an end to the threatened rumor by denying it (it didn't mean that IDCC started it).

JMO

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I guess rumors have a negative effect on the stock....let's wait for the solid NEWS from KOP.
I hope I didn't jinx the price movement by posting that rumor from briefing.com


GoodLuck All!
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Takeover chatter circulating. Briefing.com

I don't have subscription....maybe someone can post the actual text.

TIA

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revlis, thanks. I guess loophole also mentioned something regarding the hearing the other day. Thanks for the all the updates that you are providing.


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revlis, was it originally scheduled for Monday and is off now or it has been going on now and there is no follow up on Monday? (when I read your original report, I thought you were expecting it on Monday and it didn't show up on the schedule)

TIA.

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whizzeresq, thanks. Appreciate it. EOM

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whizzeresq, thanks. Is it normal for the parties to agree on things like these or can we try smelling something rosy here?

TIA

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ams13sag, enough already. Why don't you wait and see?

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Data_Rox, I like the exercise and hold pattern. Gives hope.
I thought that when they surrender the shares to the company, company will consider that as holding the tax at the source (like tax getting cut from the salary) and give the rest of the shares to the employee. I am not an accountant....so, I will stop here before I blabber more.

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sinnet14, read the message posted by nieves. I guess these shares were surrendered to the company for tax liability purposes.

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DaveDavis, while NOK does this, we can silently report them to SEC for insider trading...he he he....love that....
Still waiting for our day under the sun.

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rmarchma, thanks for the explanation. Much appreciated.
With the current arbitration experience, I hope NOK will be more willing to negotiate and set its own rate.

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mschere, this from the NEWS release that you posted sounds more appropriate then what Forbes's typical fud.
FROM
NewsRoom Finland
After defeat in US court, Nokia says to negotiate with InterDigital
29.12.2005 at 14:11
Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia intends to negotiate with InterDigital, a US wireless digital radio-telephone systems firm, after a New York district court confirmed that Nokia would have to pay up to 252 million dollars (213 million euros) in compensation for its use of InterDigital's 2G and 2.5G mobile technology.

and this is what was posted in Forbes (from sjratty's earlier post)
Nokia said that InterDigital Communications Corp is willing to negotiate over a royalties payout after a New York judge confirmed that Nokia owes InterDigital 232252 mln usd.

Good Morning and Congratulations to all longs.

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Question, if IDCC signs a 3G agreement with any of the named triggers (ERICY, LU or MOT) now, will that put NOK in a fix by triggering their rates or can they still negotiate their 3G rates?


TIA.

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Look at the pompous EGO these guys have...what are they smoking. From the article
Nokia said that InterDigital Communications Corp is willing to negotiate over a royalties payout after a New York judge confirmed that Nokia owes InterDigital 232252 mln usd.

Who is ready to negotiate now...or is this the regular Forbes fud?
Hope someone knocks some sense into NOK's head.

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Congratulations to all longs! Hope we get back to high 20's soon and then go higher from there.
Thanks for all the information provided on this board.

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olddog967, thanks for the clarification. Optionchain, Habu and Spencer also have provided some more info regarding the accelerated vesting. This board is The Board for information.
Thankyou All.

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loophole73, there was a message from teecee regarding his conversation with Janet Point and it seems that Samsung's lawyers took the Houston hurricane as an excuse for the postponement of the Samusung'S arbitration hearing(it should be taken for FWIW). So, it wasn't the NOK's hearing postponement that caused the delay. I was wondering what the Samsung's arb hearing would have done/set if they hadn't postponed the hearing. I am also wondering what they will do in Jan if Judge Pauley doesn't give his ruling by then.
Thanks for your thoughts and insight.

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habu, thanks a bunch. I missed that part. Thanks for the clarification.

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optionchain & habu, thanks for the responses. Habu, Anyone with less than 23,500 shares has promised to not exersize those shares until the day that they would normally vest anyway.
Where did you get this info?

TIA.

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optionchain, could be just a new accounting standard. But, I don't understand why the insiders should be given access to all their options (that would vest in future over next 6 years) now when they can be used effective employee retainers. Also, remember that 785,000 is not a small number.

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Ellix, I am waiting for that LONG's day. Trading is not my style and I am incapable of doing it, so, I would wait rather. One of these days the big NEWS will move us to real high prices and volumes.

GoodLuck All!
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dndodd, thanks. EOM

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olddog967, but, would that require acceleration of outstanding options that would have vested over period. It is like giving away all the incentives upfront that would also serve as employee retainers over period.

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GoDuke, What does it say? I don't see it yet.

TIA.

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mschere, let's see how it pans out.
I hope IDCC comes for the rescue during this unreasonable price movement.


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