InterDigital (IDCC) Global Technology, Internet, Media & Telecommunications Conference 2025 summary

Company overview and innovation strategy

• Focuses on wireless communication, video research, and AI, building a large, valuable, and growing patent portfolio with six new patents daily.

• Drives open standards by leading standard development organizations, ensuring broad adoption and economic benefit.

• Licenses technology embedded in billions of devices, reinvesting proceeds into R&D to maintain industry leadership.

Talent acquisition and inventor development

• Partners closely with universities, locating R&D centers near top institutions globally to attract talent.

• Operates 14 sites in seven countries, with research hubs near UPenn, McGill, London, Rennes, and the Bay Area.

• Trains engineers to be inventors, rewarding both quality and quantity of inventions through recognition and milestones.

Patent portfolio and standards leadership

• Holds about 36,000 patents, adding half a dozen daily, with tens of thousands reading on multiple standards.

• Portfolio includes both standard essential patents (SEPs) and implementation patents, covering wireless, video, and more.