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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    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): October 5, 2004
                                                   (September 30, 2004)
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                     INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



       Pennsylvania                     1-11152               23-1882087
(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)    (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)                                   Identification No.)



781 Third Avenue, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania              19406-1409
     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                (Zip Code)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 610-878-7800


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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Item 5.03         Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws;
                  Change in Fiscal Year.

Effective  September  30, 2004,  the Board of  Directors of the Company  amended
Section 4 of the Company's  By-Laws to (1) include two officer  titles,  General
Patent Counsel and General Counsel,  with  descriptions of the respective powers
and duties of each office;  (2) remove a provision  providing for the succession
from the office of  Vice-President  to the office of  President if the office of
President is made vacant under certain prescribed circumstances; and (3) provide
that,  absent an  appointment  by the Board of Directors  of someone  other than
General Counsel,  the Secretary of the Company shall be the General Counsel, and
where the Board of Directors  appoints a separate  individual to the position of
Secretary, such person shall report to the General Counsel.

The full text of the  Company's  By-Laws as so amended and restated are attached
as Exhibit 3.3 to this report.


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Item 9.01.        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following exhibit is filed with this report:

Exhibit 3.3 - Amended and Restated  By-Laws of the Company  (effective
September 30, 2004).

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                                   SIGNATURES

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


                             By: /s/ Howard E. Goldberg
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                                 Howard E. Goldberg
                                 President and Chief Executive Officer



Date:    October 5, 2004



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit No.     Description
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     3.3        Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company
                (effective September 30, 2004)

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