InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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Data, with all due respect, I think you are making the indemnification issue more complicated than it is. It's really quite simple, the indemnifier has researched IDCC's patents and determined that their licensees do not need to sign a CDMA license with IDCC. It doesn't matter if it's because IDCC has already cross-licensed the applicable patents to the indemnifier or because IDCC simply doesn't have any necessary IPR for CDMA. Which it is doesn't matter, as long as the indemnifier is willing to put his money where his mouth is, it's all the same.

Like you, I believe the only logical indemnifier is QCOM, after all, they ARE cdma. QCOM has some of the best patent attorneys in the world and you can bet they would not be willing to indemnify anyone if they didn't have a defensible case. This CDMA indemnification issue is something that has not fully sunk in with holders of IDCC. It is much bigger than anyone is admitting. Unless the indemnifier backs down or 3G turns completely away from a CDMA solution, well, IDCC is essentially dead in the water.

End of story.

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