revlis, there are lots of ways to control the timing of announcements. IDCC has a policy of not announcing licensing deals until the ink dries, the checks clear, and the dust settles. This gives them a few days either way, if they wanted to orchestrate a series of announcements over the span of a week or so. Nothing illegal about it, its just the art of public relations.
Of course you realize I was just dreaming in that prior post, right?