Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Message Board

From the Via website:
"Via Licensing is a group of dedicated intellectual property specialists with experience in administering licensing programs on behalf of third-party companies and organizations." ----- I doubt that Via 'owns' these patents. They provide a service of being a 'front-end' for multiple patent holders - allowing a single point of contact for support and royalty collection. They will get a small percentage of royalty for their service. Still a positive impact, but not the same as being the patent holder.

Via Licensing looks like a great growth vehicle for Dolby. Can we investors benefit? I compare this situation to the EMC ownership of VM Ware. EMC took VM Ware public, but kept a big percentage of ownership. EMC stock has performed fairly well, but is by no means reflective of the growth in cloud computing. As the VM market share for cloud computing slowly diminishes, EMC may throw investors some shares of VM, but boardroom greed (stock options) will keep stockholders from benefiting from the true value the technology has offered. NFC is the "next great opportunity" for investors, but I doubt that the fortunes will be made outside the boardrooms.

Sentiment: Buy

If NFC tech. Shows up in new I Phone next month could be big for dlb.

DLB subsidiary ????