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To all , I was really ticked off after reading this comment about Samsung winning one case. I registered on the site and made a comment and hope some of you have the time and will follow my lead. My comments below the article are now on the site. I hope I get some help on this because there's many of you out there that are much better with words than me.

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Wireless Patent Wars Heat Up


Samsung wins one case before the U.S. International Trade Commission, but the main event -- a showdown between Qualcomm and Nokia -- is scheduled to get underway later this month.

By W. David Gardner
InformationWeek
July 11, 2008 03:28 PM


The latest battle in the ongoing wireless patent wars has been won by Samsung Electronics against InterDigital Inc. in patent proceedings before the U.S. International Trade Commission.
The ITC staff recommendation that favored Samsung was issued this week and it was enough to send InterDigital's stock into a plunge.


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The mobile phone industry has been racked by waves of patent litigation cases with Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) and InterDigital making the biggest waves.

InterDigital explains its position on its Web site as follows: "Our know-how and inventions reach across virtually all mobile and wireless devices. InterDigital holds over 3,000 U.S. and foreign issued patents combined. In addition, we have nearly 9,000 patent applications in process. Our success in increasing the pace and breadth of our innovation business reflects our fundamental commitment to remain an industry leader in the creation of pioneering wireless technologies."

The main event -- a showdown between Qualcomm and Nokia -- is scheduled to get underway later this month in Delaware Chancery Court. Qualcomm, which pioneered many developments in the wireless industry, has generally been the litigation instigator, but Nokia maintains that it has developed important intellectual property in recent years.

With a flood of IP litigation clogging up the courts -- and slowing the introduction of innovative products, in the opinion of some -- a group of large high tech firms has banded together to attempt to find solutions to slow down the flow of patent litigation. The group has been led by Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO), Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Sun Microsystems (NSDQ: JAVA), Ericsson, and Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ).






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1 message(s). Last at: Jul 11, 2008 4:54:43 PM
Jim Lurgio
commented on Jul 11, 2008 4:54:43 PM
As a IDCC shareholder I'm totally outraged by your comment, " Samsung wins one case before the U.S. International Trade Commission."

How did you make that conclusion? Don't you the knowing the hearing is still going on? The final determanation by the Judge isn't even due until November.

All that was said by the staff attorney at the ITC was he found no violation of the patents.

Now the rest of the process continues as IDCC's attorneys and expert witnesses show the staff attorney and the Judge what was violated or infringed on.

Irresponsible reporting such as yours cause shareholders to lose a lot of wealth for no good reason.