-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: keymaster@town.hall.org Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFkwCgYEVQgBAQICAgADSwAwSAJBALeWW4xDV4i7+b6+UyPn5RtObb1cJ7VkACDq pKb9/DClgTKIm08lCfoilvi9Wl4SODbR1+1waHhiGmeZO8OdgLUCAwEAAQ== MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, RrbwNsIoy3dpTD/phT4GdpSD8LddfC1ZRDyUzbettSnoKn/PteNuIHoBB5EpsN2U 1CYmsIb4FchiJd9vqT6yfw== 0000950115-95-000073.txt : 19950512 0000950115-95-000073.hdr.sgml : 19950512 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950115-95-000073 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19950329 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 19950403 SROS: AMEX FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000354913 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: 3663 IRS NUMBER: 231882087 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11152 FILM NUMBER: 95526360 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2200 RENAISSANCE BLVD STE 105 CITY: KING OF PRUSSIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19406 BUSINESS PHONE: 6102787800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 2: 2200 RENAISANCE BLVD STE 105 CITY: KING OF PRUSSIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19406 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INTERNATIONAL MOBILE MACHINES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 CURRENT REPORT SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------------------ FORM 8-K Current Report PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 29, 1995 INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (Exact name of issuer as specified in charter) PENNSYLVANIA 1-11152 23-1882087 (State or Other Jurisdiction Commission (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation or file number Identification Organization) Number)
Suite 105, 2200 Renaissance Boulevard, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-2755 (Address of principal executive offices) (610) 278-7800 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Page 1 of 3 pages Item 5. Other Events. In October 1993, Motorola, Inc. filed an action against InterDigital Technology Corporation ("ITC"), an indirect 94% owned subsidiary of InterDigital Communications Corporation (the "Company"), seeking the court's declaration that Motorola's products do not infringe certain ITC patents and that these patents are invalid and unenforceable. ITC filed counterclaims seeking a jury's determination that in making, selling, or using and/or in participating in the making, selling or using of digital wireless telephone systems and/or related mobile stations, Motorola has infringed, contributed to the infringement of and/or induced the infringement of certain patents from ITC's patent portfolio. ITC also sought preliminary and permanent injunctions against Motorola from further infringement and sought damages, royalties, costs and attorneys' fees. A trial was held in United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Civil Action No. 94-73 (D. Del)) on the issue of validity and infringement of 24 patent claims involving four ITC patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 4,675,863, 4,817,089, 5,119,375 and 4,912,705. By stipulation of the parties, the case was limited to certain TDMA products made, used and/or sold by Motorola. On March 29, 1995, the trial ended with the jury's verdict that ITC's patent claims at issue in the case are not infringed by Motorola and are not valid. The Company intends to appeal the jury verdict to the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit and believes that there are substantial grounds for reversal of the jury's verdict. While the adverse verdict in the case should not affect the Company's current alliance with Siemens A.G., its ongoing B-CDMA development efforts, its ability to market and sell the UltraPhone(R) system worldwide or the obligation of licensors to pay non-refundable advances or paid-up license fees under ITC's existing patent license agreements, the Company believes that if the verdict is not reversed through the appeals process, the verdict may adversely affect the Company's efforts to generate further revenue and cash flow from ITC's patent portfolio and may impair generally the Company's ability to raise additional funds for general corporate purposes. The outcome of the jury trial may also temporarily or permanently adversely affect ITC's pending U.S. litigation against Ericsson and its ability to realize running royalties under certain of its license agreements. The case did not address the validity or infringement of other patent claims in the four patents at issue in the jury trial or any patent claims in any of ITC's 51 other U.S. patents relating to Time Division Multiple Access ("TDMA") and Broadband-Code Division Multiple Access ("B-CDMA") technologies, none of which were the subject of the case. The validity and infringement of ITC's patents in 33 foreign countries, mostly relating to TDMA, were likewise not addressed in the case. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Date: March 31, 1995 By: /s/ William A. Doyle --------------------- William A. Doyle President
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