InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[Learning2vest]

Gotta comment on the "3G Patent Platform" as talked about in the ref post(just my humble opinion of course). The 3GPP ain't the gospel according to facts in evidence, i.e., 3GPP is not anything "official", or with meaningful "authority". When it comes to IPR, that kind of bottom line clout only exists in the courts, and maybe in the ITU Standards body.

Read the "Introduction" section in that referenced 3GPP document. See the part about "striking a balance" between the high costs of licensing IPR and manufacturing costs that let everybody else make higher profits? LOL! When 3GPP says "efficient licensing", IMO they mean "cheap". So that is NOT a group that I want to see IDCC get involved with. And so far they have not.

3GPP is just another attempt by the wireless manufacturers(and even a few operators) to organize some kind of control over 3G patent owners. It's about negotiating lower IPR royalty costs. Some IPR owners are in there "claiming" to have a ton of stuff, a lot of the smaller IPR contributors are going along for the ride, and IDCC is standing firm on the facts in evidence at ITU. That makes 3GPP mostly meaningless for IDCC investors IMO.