Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES
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): January 16, 2018

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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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

Pegatron Actions

On January 16, 2018, certain subsidiaries of InterDigital, Inc. (collectively, “InterDigital”) entered into an amended patent license agreement and settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with Pegatron Corp. (“Pegatron”), pursuant to which the parties have amended certain terms of their existing 2008 patent license agreement, agreed to resolve all of their existing disputes, and agreed to discuss potential research and development or other technical collaboration between the parties.

InterDigital and Pegatron have agreed to terms for dismissal by them of all outstanding litigation and other proceedings among these companies and their affiliates, including, without limitation, the action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the related arbitration previously disclosed in InterDigital, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.

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.