InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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Loop.

So, the two countries are at odds on both "challenging validity" and "piecemeal" attacks, which enables Nokia to continue its royalty crusade.

This would seem to make a case for dismissal in Delaware, but it sounds too simple to be true.

I'm not contesting what you say but, if that's the case, why is Judge Farnan taking so long to make a decision on dismissal?

Given Nokia's determination to pound IDCC into the ground and hang QCOM from the highest tree, the prospect of a merger seems to loom larger every day.

But until the air is cleared in NY, Delaware, the U.K., QCOM will probably stand in the wings, waiting for the right time to make a move.

BTW, if QCOM paid $35 a share for IDCC (roughly $1.9 billion), and assuming the ICC award is confirmed at all levels, QCOM would come into about $500 million from Nokia and Samsung, or about 26% of the purchase price.

That would add lotsa fuel to the QCOM/Nokia lawsuit, which would please me no end.