InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[Learning2vest]

Had a thought worth mentioning while reading your predictions of seeing relatively minor "adjustments" in the 2G final award rulings before reaching a settlement with Nokia. Maybe the principals at IDCC and Nokia are thinking along the same lines that you are.

Nokia has a history of fighting hard right up to the moment they settle, and what is to say they will not do that in this situation? Nokia has a bigger fish to fry in the coming months(i.e., the QCOM contract update), and that big fish has to be watching what is going on here IMO.

Why would QCOM even consider negotiating with somebody who only does what the courts force them to do? Just load up the heavy legal ammo and start shooting at Nokia because they do not have respect for anything else. Let an American jury decide what Nokia needs to pay for using QCOM's patented inventions, and tell that jury the whole sordid IDCC story before letting them set those rates.

What I'm saying is that there are some trade-offs for Nokia to consider as they continue to pursue ever smaller "victories" in their scorched earth "negotiation" process vs IDCC. Not only for 2G, but for 3G as well. Somebody at Nokia has to be asking themselves "Save how much, at what cost in other affairs, by continuing to fight IDCC?".

The world is watching, and will not soon forget Nokia's behavior toward IDCC. Seeing mighty Nokia file EIGHT legal initiatives, demonstrate complete disrespect of an ICC arbitration ruling, and continue punishing the stake holders at a tiny firm like IDCC could have consequences in matters beyond what ends up happening in their IDCC relationship. That line of thinking has me ready to add a Nokia settlement to my list of "possibilities".