InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[Dave Davis]

Hook. I appreciate your posts, but I think you might be missing the point. At the time they did the MFL license agreement with us, Nokia understood that we were in litigation with Ericsson, and they were expecting to live with the outcome. That was understood.

However, regarding the issue of sealing of the documents. If Judge Lynn sealed the documents as requested by IDC and Ericsson with the understanding that they would have no impact on any third party, only to subsequently find out that the terms of the settlement agreement were binding on Nokia, it makes her recent decision to approve their release understandable.

However, I wonder if it's really true that InterDigital would make such an egregious misrepresentation, as Nokia claims. Especially in light of the fact that it was mentioned in the May 2003 press release that the Nokia and Samsung rates were to be tied to the Ericsson settlement.