Replies to post #119831 on InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[laranger]

Question for Jorma:

Your earnings were only off by a penny.

The estimated ICC award was $250 million.

You had $483 million reserved for IP infringement, and we can't think of any large disputes, other than IDCC.

Why didn't you reverse some of the difference, so you could soften the reaction to 2Q earnings, and avoid a $2.00 drop in your stock?

Are you trying to tell us something?

[captainslog]

Then why can they make the following public statment that is their strongest statement to date in my mind and is part of their most recnet 10-k filing:

We have indicated to the appropriate SDOs that we hold patents and patent applications that are essential for implementation of the present 3G standards in products.

I don't think I am asking for too much when I want the company to clearly stand behind their claims. They can easily say engine and transmission in a public forum leave people to assume what they want by that staement. I'm asking the company to pubically defend what they own and what everyone who is long has assumed that they own and can successfully defend in the marketplace.

IPR companies do not make public statements about individual patent claims. W-CDMA essential claims are filed in accordance with UMTS. The standards are changing as the field tests uncover errors and problems. This could create problems for a public company if investors relied on a Website representation that turned out to be inaccurate. Most of the companies in the sector do not offer much publicly about the specifics of their patent claims.