InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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Osoesq, that's a pretty good post but I think you are being a little hard on management for the simple reason that they have to work with the IPR they are given. In other words, I do not believe IDCC's intellectual property is as strong or as valuable as it is often presented and for that reason any value that can be extracted from it is added value.

It's actually something I think the current management is quite good at. Does that mean IDCC will someday be worth a mint? Of course not, they can only do so much with what they have. Contrary to what seems to be the prevailing opinion around here, IDCC did not invent the cell-phone and all the popular standards. The fact that they contributed to the standards bodies means little, those are non-paying positions and the standards bodies have very little real authority or any enforcement ability.

So management has done a reasonably good job of extracting what value they could from IDCC's patents but they don't deserve to be given the entire company for doing their job. They are already compensated adequately. If the extra options are approved and then the stock stagnates a number of years in the teens or (heaven forbid) in the single digits, how will you feel about having granted all those options away?

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