This opening line from yesterday's TPL release could be interpretted in an interesting way:

"In light of the sweeping scope of infringement of the Moore Microprocessor Patent™ (MMP) Portfolio by Toshiba system products, The TPL Group and Toshiba stipulated to sharpen the focus of the Texas infringement trial by eliminating certain Toshiba ASIC devices, which were thought to add little to the ultimate infringement findings other than complexity and possible confusion."

It almost sounds like TPL and Toshiba are working together to sharpen the court's focus on Toshiba's infringing products. It just amazes how this could easily be interpretted.....or mis-interpretted. An acknowledgment of infringement?

And, while I understand where Ease is coming from re: the PICS, I still think that this latest filing re: the ARM chips is (ALSO) about refining just what Toshiba is liable for. That is, Toshiba is only liable for non-ARM based products due to patent indemnification, IMO.

Does anyone really think that those chips deleted from the claim agianst Toshiba don't infringe? Does anyone think that those deleted chips are not used in a very wide range of Toshiba products? So while that motion may have been part of a give/take between us and Toshiba re: PICS, it could concurrently serve the purpose that I suspect (i.e., clarifying with the court exactly what Toshiba is liable for so that IF there were a settlement with Toshiba, it would be absoluely clear as to what liabilities are being resolved by the settlement - everything EXCEPT ARM-based products).

Looking to the last sentence of that quote above, it too could be intrepretted as I suspect. Those chips add little to infringement findings (against Toshiba) other than "complexity and possible confusion". Would a discussion about patent indemnification be potentially confusing to a jury? To the court (in the case of a settlement)? Clean up...IMO, and probably to influence the PICS give/take with regard to the other defendants (a la Ease's proposition).

But, alas, I KNOW nuttin'! Is this a pump post?

SGE