InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[Learning2vest]

If IDCC's legal team is going to end up filing an infringement action vs Nokia at some point(?), let's hope they are savvy enough to make their own choice of venue. I'm thinking that Nokia's only reason for filing, continuing, and now seeking to escalate a frivolous Lanham claim in the Delaware venue may have been to lure IDCC into filing just such a counter-claim response in that same venue(i.e., to stay out of the East Texas and New York Federal courts).

Of course, it's also possible that IDCC's legal team has become comfortable with the competence and diligence demonstrated by the judge and special master in the Delaware court over the past few years. IMO they should have more confidence in getting a fair and expeditious result there than in the East Texas Federal Court, and every other legal venue, before allowing Nokia to provoke them into an infringement battle in a venue of their choice.