InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[laranger]

Hoboso.

I am fast coming to the conclusion that you and Loop are both correct on the basic issues.

After looking at Jim's post from the highly-secretive ICC, we no long have to guess that it's common for the parties to request an extension, which tends to support Loop's view.

After reading your post, "in the cases that I've tried, I've always known the result before the courtroom door ever went shut. If I thought that I'd won, I didn't have anything to offer and if I knew that I had lost, there was never anything being offered."

IMO, if this were not the case, there would be no need for an extension and, as has been said many times, the game would be over. Slam dunk for Nokia!

My bottom line: Even if they have the upper hand, the IDCC negotiators are not fools. Rather than looking for every opportunity to drive a stake in Nokia's heart, they will look for an opening to kiss and make up, without making it look like capitulation.

Both parties know how the endgame is played. Let's hope the extension gives them time to do so.