InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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Mschere.

In one sense, we should take pride in being the recipient of so many intercontinental missles from Finland.

But, if this battle was going on between Nokia and an opponent of equal size, Nokia's actions would be more obvious to onlookers.

For example, if Nokia sued Qcom in Texas, NC, the UK, and Delaware, and then fought to reverse a loss in a two-year arbitration of its own making, no one would question that Nokia was running scared of potential patent infringement. Further, leaving a trail of roadside bombs, as it raced to keep one step ahead of Qcom's lawyers, would leave an ummistakable stink in the minds of Wall Street biggees.

Granted, Nokia is also betting on either putting IDCC out of business, or out-lasting patents that begin to expire in 2006, or both.

However, this only supports Data Rox's theory that:

"the motive for Nokia's continued push back on this award is more based upon their analysis of intersection/infringment of our 2G GSM patents in their products and the relative worth of those patents to the cabal companies."

And, I might add, intersection of 3G patents, as well.

Bottom line: Despite the pain, there has never been a time when I've been so proud to own stock in IDCC.