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 Arbitrations: Nokia and Samsung   

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#5  Nokia Arbitration 

The manufacturer with the largest market share. Nokia, is licensed, but the royalty rate has not yet been determined and has been submitted to binding arbitration. A final hearing is scheduled for Jan. 17, 2005 with a decision within 1-5 months, altho there could be a settlement at any time. Successful outcome of the arbitration with InterDigital would generate hundreds of millions of dollars for InterDigital very quickly, probably with a major gap up in share price. Simultaneously, Nokia has sued InterDigital in a United Kingdom (UK) court alleging that certain of InterDigital's patent claims related to GSM (2G) cell phones are invalid. Nokia apparently does not contest IDCC's patent claims regarding the 2G TDMA tech used in the USA. Nokia has also petitioned the Texas federal court that Ericsson provide a witness and certain Ericsson-IDCC related information from that litigation settled in March, 2003 for the arbitration These posts deal with the immense revenue implications of the arbitration as well the implications of the Nokia litigations in the U.K. and Texas.

#6  Samsung Arbitration

Samsung is the second largest producer of wireless devices. Like Nokia, it is licensed with InterDigital, but the royalty rate structure has not been agreed. It also is in binding arbitration with InterDigital, with evidentiary hearings scheduled for mid-year 2005. Posts here address what is happening in this arbitration and other Samsung news that might bear on the outcome of the arbitration or a possible settlement.