InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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rmarchma, excerpting portions of your conversations with IDCC;

"No, Nokia does not have any exclusive use rights to TDD. IDCC will own the TDD technology that is being jointly developed with Nokia, and we will be able to license this technology to others without any restrictions."

The question I have is; Can NOK also license this technology to others without any restrictions? I know the contract indicates otherwise in some portions but in other portions, seems to indicate that they might be able to. However, if so, could NOK potentially use that fact to continue to deny IDCC royalties from other manufactures?

" We have maintained a very good relationship with Siemens for a long time. They pretty much funded most of our work in B-CDMA, "

Does anyone have anything better than a guess as to whether we could expect to realize any royalties from Siemens? Can Siemens license to other companies the technology they funded the work for and thereby deny IDCC the clear right to obtain royalties? How much "essential" IPR has IDCC patented since the Siemens relationship? If none, is it possible that we could potentially not see any royalties from either Siemens or NOK or their own licensees for TD-SCDMA?

"Janet could not say which specific companies might be good candidates for the equipment manufacturer partnerships (the Business Plan projects two before the end of next year). She did say that the equipment partnerships would be with large, prominent companies."

Could the equipment manufacturer partnerships mentioned be realized in the recent new licensees? If so, this is a positive development following your earlier conversations.


TIA for your answers.