InterDigital /Nokia Execution Copy (04-26-06)
Confidential & Proprietary
EXHIBIT 10.83
CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED AND
FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Arbitration Settlement Agreement
By and between
InterDigital Communications Corporation,
InterDigital Technology Corporation
And
Nokia Corporation
Dated and Effective as of April 26, 2006
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ARBITRATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
This Settlement Agreement is entered into and effective as of April 26, 2006 by and between InterDigital Communications
Corporation (“IDCC”), a Pennsylvania corporation with offices at 781 Third Avenue, King of Prussia PA 19406, and InterDigital
Technology Corporation (“ITC”), a Delaware corporation having a mailing address of Suite 105, Hagley Building, 3411
Silverside Road, Concord Plaza, Wilmington, DE 19810, (individually and together, “InterDigital”), on the one hand, and Nokia
Corporation (“Nokia”), a Finnish corporation with offices at Keilalahdentie 4, 02150 Espoo, Finland, on the other hand. (IDCC,
ITC, and Nokia are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” or together as the “Parties”).
BACKGROUND
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A.
InterDigital and Nokia are parties to three interrelated contracts relating to digital cellular technology, including the
Nokia PLA, the TDD Development Agreement, and the Master Agreement.
B.
In 2003, a dispute arose between InterDigital and Nokia concerning Nokia’s royalty obligations for the sale of certain
terminal unit and infrastructure products under the Nokia PLA. Pursuant to the terms of the Master Agreement and
the Nokia PLA, the Parties submitted their dispute to Arbitration. In mid-2005, the Arbitral Tribunal issued its Award,
in which it, among other things: (i) concluded that Nokia’s obliga