InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[FISH21049]

Interesting comparison:

IDCC 1 year ago was at $85.37; reached a high of $90.58 and a low of $67.64, and closed today at $75.45.

The DOW 52 Week Range 20,379.55 - 26,616.71, with a close today at 25,709.27.

The dow is up 5,500 -6,200 during this period while

IDCC was -- well, looks like $10 - $15 down from one year ago. Even with buy backs which are supposed to add to shareholder value and settlements of litigation matters, we cannot sustain any share value increase.

I have often said that share repurchases result in a temporary increase in share price, which eventually evaporates over time and are meaningless.

Seems like IDCC cannot catch a break, no matter what happens on the positive side of news for the company or a general uptick in the markets.

We haven't signed any new licensees (not previously signed) in quite some time. Those that have been signed with existing companies are the result of years of litigation and millions of dollars spent in defending our patents.

One has to wonder if the fickle finger of fate continues to send us a message !

What we need is not a ZTE settlement but a string of new licenses over the next few months that will make others notice our company.

A SUBSTANTIAL special dividend (not $1 or $2 but somewhere in the $5 - $10 range) that will make the street notice us.

JMO