InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[bulldzr]

Data, I have the same question as 3Gdollars..."Where's IDCC"? I am assuming that IDCC falls into the 16-17% "other" category.

A couple of questions....

1) Does or has IDCC submitted their patents to this organization for essentiality determination?

2) And, when was this article published? Has anything changed significantly?

It is apparent why QCOM has had licensing success in 3G, with this organization recognizing that they have from 23% to 28% of the patents submitted. In fact, between QCOM, ERICY, and NOK, the three account for some 41-45% of the ipr in the 3G standards WCDMA and CDMA2000.

A few more comments on the tables on page 3 of the article...

1) It looks like most of the companies shown are manufacturers, even if they only hold as little as 1%. They are either equipment manufacturers or chipset mfrs (QCOM). But what about NTT, and DoCoMo? Do they manufacture anything? I thought they were service providers.

2) Assuming IDCC is included in the "other" category, can we assume that IDCC has submitted less than 1% of the patents accounted for? Or is IDCC just getting ignored by the writers because they are neither a manufacturer, chipmaker, nor a Japanese company?

3) Where is TXN?