InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[rmarchma]

Jimlur re Nokia and TDD you said:

..."Nokia only gets free usage of TDD patents that were jointly developed by IDCC and Nokia...Any TDD that IDCC developed on their own Nokia would have to license."

The 10K appears to have a different answer from the above. From page 8 of the 10K:

..."In addition, as part of our development project with Nokia,... Nokia is licensed on a perpetual, royalty-free basis under patents developed in the project. Nokia is also licensed on the same basis with respect to patents technically necessary to implement TDD technology; however, such license does not extend to non-TDD functionality."

I asked about this and was told that there was a general understanding with Nokia that they would receive our TDD IPR royalty-free. However, all the specifics of this general understanding are not finalized. Since we are still in negotiations with Nokia, there are no real firm answers yet.