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olddog967

09/08/20 1:41 PM

#428122 RE: jealmc79 #428121

jealmc79: You are referring to IDCC's Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation. According to this year's 10-K, the Trust apparently signed some licenses in 2018.

From the 10-K

"In 2013, InterDigital formed the Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation (the "Signal Trust"). The goal of the Signal Trust is to monetize a large patent portfolio related to cellular infrastructure. More than 500 patents and patent applications were transferred from InterDigital to the Signal Trust, focusing primarily on 3G and LTE technologies and developed by InterDigital's engineers and researchers over more than a decade. A number of these innovations have been contributed to the worldwide standards process, resulting in a portfolio that includes patents for pioneering inventions that we believe are used pervasively in the cellular wireless industry. InterDigital is the primary beneficiary of the Signal Trust. The distributions from the Signal Trust will support continued research related to cellular wireless technologies. A small portion of the proceeds from the Signal Trust are used to fund, through the Signal Foundation for Wireless Innovation, scholarly analysis of intellectual property rights and the technological, commercial and creative innovations they facilitate."

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"(b) In 2018, we recognized $26.3 million of non-current patent royalties primarily attributable to the Kyocera and Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation patent license agreements, both signed in first quarter 2018."