InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[blueskywaves]

Very good point! One of the intangible benefits of the 3/14 ERICY settlement is that it gave IDCC a fresh start at shedding its reputation as a patent house especially now that it has the financials to match. It's no surprise that IDCC is trying to exploit the situation by sweetening its options program to recruit more technical and management talent at a time when most tech companies have option programs that are perenially underwater like so much swampland.

The other angle is M&A. In terms of pre-revenue companies, the IPO market is practically dead so it's a buyers' market for pre-revenue companies that have no chance of reaching an IPO and that would probably be more amenable to accepting IDCC stock as currency.