``Why would any company who professes to maintain such a powerful revenue generating patent portfolio continue to write language into deals that allow any party to openly short ``

See the relevant words CONTINUE TO WRITE LANGUAGE...

That implies that they are currently doing it, or have done it SINCE they started to ``professes to maintain such a powerful revenue generating patent portfolio``. So while you didn`t use the words ``this is something new``, you did imply that it was a current event - hence, something new.

Please reference any specific agreement allowing the selling entities to short, said agreement being dated anytime post-2004. You can`t. And your spin of saying that AMD is allowed to short is ludicrous. Just because AMD is named in the sb2, and in the paragraph you cited, does not IN ANY WAY confirm that allowing them to short the stock was anywhere in their agreement with PTSC. The paragraph you mention encompasses MANY sellers, AMD being one of them. The line you cite regarding shorting IMO was meant to cover the fact S/L can short. Noone else, since it has NEVER been established that anyone can short PTSC other than S/L and/or market makers. If you truly believe that this is the case, and want to verify it, I suggest you give Mr Pohl a call to see what he says.