InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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Current Status.
I read every post and seldom fell as out of sinc as I do over the past two days.
First of all, IDCC had two significant victories putting us in our best position to date.
When NOK managed to escape (temporarely) from the ITC through the Batts ruling, IDCC stock got hammered, but not regained that loss since the reversal; that recovery will come.
The sammy award on 2G was reconfirmed once again and IDCC should collect every penny of it without conceeding anything for 3G. 3G should and will stand on its own merits. If we have the goods, we should aim to collect the full boat from both NOK and SAM. Giving up any penny of the 2G award to gain aceptance for 3G would be a sign of weakness telling the NOKs etc that hanging tough leads to their gaines in bargaining, whn the message should be there will be a price in contesting (besides it is unfair to those who play by the rules).
Now some feel that the market will give little recognition to a one time payment of $200 million for an 'expired' technology. I think those thinkers are wrong! Right now the market expects IDCC to be stupid enough to give up most of this gain for a 'quick' 3G license. That thinking must be destroyed by IDCC to make the industry and the market understand that IDCC intends to get full rewards for its contribution. This issue must be settled now in the 3G contest and can not be postponed, unless we aim to see the same pattern in 4G; 5G; 6G etc.
So friends, relax, let IDCC do what it must do and all who hold this stock will be rewarded beyond our dreams.
I still vote for the company to buy back all they can. Once the stock passes $40 then plan for a good dividend. Should the stock pass well beyound $100, then announce stock splits (rather than stock dividends) to keep parity of all the treasury stock. Do I hear an Amen?