Google will reportedly unveil a tablet that will be co-branded with Taiwan’s Asustek, according to an Asustek executive quoted by Reuters. InterDigital has already signed Asustek to a Worldwide 2G And 3G Patent License Agreement which lasts for the life of the licensed patents. Google tablet revenue on it's way!
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2008--InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC) today announced that its patent licensing subsidiaries have signed non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing patent license agreements with ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated (Asustek) and Pegatron Corporation, both of which are based in Taiwan. Each agreement covers the sale of wireless terminal units and infrastructure built to cellular standards including Second Generation (2G and 2.5G) standards and Third Generation (3G) standards, including TD-SCDMA, and products based on non-cellular wireless IEEE 802-based standards, for the duration of the life of the licensed patents.
Asustek sells PDA's, notebooks, computers, and mobile phones under the popular Asus brand. Pegatron is a leading Taiwanese ODM that manufactures a wide range of components and assemblies for the global electronics industry.
"These new agreements with two of Taiwan's premiere companies continue InterDigital's momentum in licensing its rich and widely-recognized portfolio of patented inventions for 2G and 3G to leading mobile device manufacturers throughout the world," commented Lawrence Shay, President of InterDigital's patent subsidiaries.
http://ir.interdigital.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=321917
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