InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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m3s, I agree with you. I believe there are additional reasons that all add together to make it plain smart for Samsung to proceed they way they have. If I'm not wrong, Samsung had a limited amount of time to file an appeal before they were under court order to make payment. Accordingly, they did file an appeal and they posted a bond (which really just meant they had to pay a fee to a bonding company. Samsung doesn't really have that money tied up.) By this action, Sam delayed the payment, but only as long as they could drag out the appeals process, and there was a real possibility that the appeal would be denied. To further delay the payment, Samsung then files to stay the appeal! If the court agrees, Samsung will have very cleverly worked around the deadline to appeal. They did appeal, but if they were to have their motion granted. they're right back to letting the arbitration panel run it's course first. It's very hard to believe a judge would fall for that kind of manipulation. Someone correct me if I don't have this right.