Licensing
posted on
Apr 01, 2008 12:32PM
I suspect that the cost of a license post PTSC financials remains the same. Which is probably why licensing has slowed. And that makes sense. The Markman and trial settlement each increased the risk level for fence-sitters. How could TPL ask for more $ based on another company's financial reporting, which does not impact on risk? The next risk event will be USPTO or Appeals Court ruling. I suspect that cost of a license will remain what it is until then. We may not see any signings before 4/9. However, I trust on 4/10 the fence-sitters will view the present cost of proceeding with a license much differently. Opty