It seems that it would be extremely difficult to achieve a business resolution as you suggest with ALL of the defendants (as opposed to just one) - the complexity would be overwhelming.
Technology Properties Limited and Patriot Scientific Corp. on Tuesday announced the settlement between the companies in which Matsushita, Toshiba, JVC, their respective subsidiaries and their European and Japanese counterparts will receive rights to use seven U.S. patents. TPL and Patriot also announced a similar separate agreement with NEC.
Other details on the settlements were not disclosed.
“The parties have agreed that the details of the settlement are confidential,” TPL said in a statement on behalf of all the parties. “All parties are pleased with the business resolution of their dispute and will be voluntarily dismissing their Texas and California lawsuits.”
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Be well