InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[The Count]

Guess I need to open my mind.

i know all about signed contracts...in this game you'd better add more value to your offerings everyday....the manufacturers want to see the "effort" on your part....what do you think would happen if qcom.[who by your score doesnt need to invent a single thing more}...fired all their engineers...do you think their revenues would remain flat?

As a straight ahead, "just the facts, ma'am", unsuperstitious, accounting type who doesn't believe in ESP, conspiracy theories or debating what “is” is, I think that QCOM’s revenues should rise or fall with their licensees’ revenues if they never issued another patent until the contracts expired, unless there is contract language specifically requiring QCOM to continue to invent.

However, what this ride with IDCC has taught me is that nothing in a contract means anything unless both sides agree and act on it, or the courts hand down the final (after all appeals) ruling in each jurisdiction. So, teecee, you are right - my thoughts are too simplistic. Just living in a sheltered world counting beans.