UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): December 29, 2015
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InterDigital, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Pennsylvania | 1-33579 | 23-1882087 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
200 Bellevue Parkway, Suite 300, Wilmington, DE | 19809 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 302-281-3600
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On December 29, 2015, in the arbitration initiated in March 2012 by LG Electronics, Inc. (“LG”) against InterDigital, Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiaries InterDigital Technology Corporation, IPR Licensing, Inc. and InterDigital Communications, LLC (now InterDigital Communications, Inc.), the arbitration tribunal issued its final award. LG had sought a declaration that it held a continuing license to certain technology owned by InterDigital under the parties’ patent license agreement dated January 1, 2006 (the “PLA”). Rejecting LG’s arguments, the arbitration tribunal found that LG’s license with respect to 3G products under the PLA had terminated as of December 31, 2010, at the expiration of the PLA’s five-year term, and that only LG’s paid-up license with respect to 2G-only products survived the expiration of the term.
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, INC. |
By: /s/ Jannie K. Lau |
Jannie K. Lau |
Executive Vice President, |
General Counsel and Secretary |
Dated: December 30, 2015