Replies to post #96275 on InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[jaykayjones]

olddog: you're incorrigible! You can't resist a good research opportunity - even on a Saturday. Thanks for all you bring to Jim's team and keep researching! JK

[Hoahao]

Lucent's technical expert:

Here's hoping his tongue cleaves to the roof of his mouth.

[laranger]

O'Dog.

Good catch, again.

His credentials appear to be heavily defense oriented, which is not what I expected to see.

It's probably totally unfair, but I had to chuckle a bit when I read about his work for Thailand, Zambia, and Trinidad/Tobago.

[mschere]

Regarding the NINE Patents and numerous claims in IDCC vs. Lucent..IMO:They are all related to TWO ISSUES..The WWINA AIR INTERFACE..and Patent #6614776 which IDCC maintains is ESSENTIAL for UMTS..If any doubt IDCC Management's ability to comprehend that which they purchased,their ability to evaluate the ESSENTIALITY of specific Patents, to be able to SUPPORT unambiguous statements they made in their SEC Filings and are fully prepared to PREVAIL in their Litigation against Lucent, should not be invested in the Company..

From the IDCC/Tantivy Purchase Contract.
Recitals

A. Seller is engaged primarily in the Business. While engaging in the Business, Seller has developed a portfolio of technologies, which includes, but is not limited to, innovations for all emerging mobile wireless data standards including 3GPP WCDMA, 3GPP2 CDMA2000, IEEE 802.11, and ANISI T1.723-2002 I-CDMA. These innovations include subscriber-based smart antenna solutions and are based on antenna and steering algorithm technology. While engaging in the Business, Seller also has developed a field proven, full IP-based, end-to-end solution, (based on its I-CDMA technology, which is Committee T1 approved as ANSI Standard T1.723-2002) that enables portable, wireless broadband Internet access.

The portion of the Tantivy patent portfolio covered by the exclusive license includes over 200 patents and patent applications issued or filed worldwide. Among the inventions covered by the patents are techniques for enabling switching efficiency and managing system capacity which InterDigital believes are ESSENTIAL to CDMA2000 products..





IPR DECLARATIONS
Company name TANTIVY Communications
Project UMTS
Country of registration UNITED STATES
Patent title Forward Error Correction Scheme for High Rate Data Exchange in a Wireless System
Application no. 09/301,484
Patent no. 6614776
Countries applicable UNITED STATES
ETSI Deliverable 3GPP TS 41.101 Release 5; ETSI TS 141 101
Notes The SIGNATORY and/or its AFFILIATES hereby declare that they are prepared to grant irrevocable licences under the IPRs on terms and conditions which are in accordance with Clause 6.1 of the ETSI IPR Policy, in respect of the STANDARD, to the extent that the IPRs remain ESSENTIAL.
Declaration date to ETSI 2004-04-08

From IDCC 10K
Siemens AG’s (Siemens) license is paid up under our 2G and selected 3G patents. The Siemens agreement does not include any rights under any of our patents (including essential patents) issuing from patent applications filed after December 15, 1999, or for those patents for which we acquired licensing or ownership rights after such date (e.g., Windshift’s patents and patent applications). Based on these limitations, the Siemens patent license agreement does not provide a license under all of our patents that we believe are essential to 3G, including cdma2000, or all of the inventions which we believe will be essential and which are contained in pending patent applications.