Replies to post #40524 on InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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My comment below:

"I am not a techie..but I imagine that IDCC will benefit financially from the sale of these chips by Altmel..Perhaps some one can provide us with a copy of this license agreement? Does any one in the Industry know if these chips are available today or even if this old contract has been voided in the interim?"

There are no I-CDMA chips. Another bad idea that bit the dust. I-CDMA wouldn't have even worked in a mobile environment.

Reminds me of B-CDMA, another standard cobbled together that no one wanted. Despite all the B-CDMA hoopla from IDCC, all that technology ever did was fizzle. I still can't understand why so many people claim IDCC's technology is so great but that they just have trouble getting paid for it. Wouldn't others want to use it if it were that great? And if people were using it and not paying, wouldn't IDCC request a court injunction to get them to either pay up or stop selling the product?

IMO, the reason IDCC doesn't get injunctions is because no one is infringing their IPR. I don't buy the story about IDCC needing to play nice to build respect. Respect of your competitors is not needed to get a court injunction. The boosters have been blowing hot air again. If it doesn't pass the rationality test it's probably just more hype.

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mschere - since there is no I-CDMA, Atmel never made any commercial chips....so I don't think you can state IDCC will benefit.



My comment..I am not a techie..but I imagine that IDCC will benefit financially from the sale of these chips by Altmel..Perhaps some one can provide us with a copy of this license agreement? Does any one in the Industry know if these chips are available today or even if this old contract has been voided in the interim?


Tantivy Communications, Inc. and Atmel Corporation to Initiate Worldwide Proliferation of Portable Wireless Broadband
2/11/2002 - Tantivy Communications, Inc., a provider of portable wireless broadband technology, and Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing of advanced semiconductors, today announce an agreement for Atmel to obtain a license from Tantivy to design, manufacture and market silicon chips employing Tantivy's I-CDMA technology. Tantivy's I-CDMA technology is the only fully IP-based 3G technology currently available that enables portable, wireless broadband Internet access.