Did wireless provider Interdigital hire Latham & Watkins and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosat to file infringement claims this week at least partly as a marketing tool sell its patent portfolio — or the whole company — to Google or an IP-starved rival?

That’s the question we’re asking ourselves this week, after InterDigital accused Huawei Technologies, Nokia Corporation, and ZTE Corporation of infringing its patents in separate suits filed Tuesday in Delaware federal district court and the U.S. International Trade Commission. The company lodged its claims just one week after announcing that it was exploring “potential strategic alternatives,” including a sale, in light of the intellectual property boom.

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