Replies to post #379885 on InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[la-tsla-fan]

Couldn't agree more. The losers would include, in addition to the patent attorneys, a lot of management folks in IP producing and IP using companies. Of course, one thing which will always be subject to negotiation is credit for the IP user's in-house IP. Complete transparency can still be a target, but consistency may be hard to achieve.

JMO

[slacker711]

I look at it as a second chance for IDCC to abandon the creative licensing ups, downs and failures for a transparent FRAND licensing effort. I am tired of IDCC trying to select winners and losers in the wireless market.

Yep, move entirely to a royalty system with everybody paying the same rate. The fixed fee system complicates everything, and this is a case where KISS makes sense.

The question is, how much did IDCC compromise on their rate to get into arbitration? Has IDCC hinted at what they may have been asking in terms of rates over the last year or two?

The 3G market is now worth north of $220 billion. IDCC can compromise well below a 1% rate and still hit their targets.