you wrote in part..

..that somehow a TPL lawsuit threat is why HP is PDSG's patner, that federal procurement follows the lead of state (Montana) procurement, and so on.

If my memory is correct, the HP MMP license pre-dated the Crossflo acquisition and the subsequent PDSG partnership by a significant amount of time. How are the two related and what lawsuit would we bring if they were already on board with a license agreement? Perhaps a more likely scenario is that HP acknowledged the import of RG acquisition and what the underlying technology might bring to the table as a product / service partner. The fact that HP is involvled in the equation validates the worth of our acquistion IMO..Also, HP has very deep pockets - I don't think the threat of a TPL lawsuit (what exactly would the basis of that lawsuit be?) would bear much fruit..as they could out last us many times over. I don't see TPL placing a gun to their heads forcing them to do a deal with PDSG as it would be against their own self interest..how exactly would that benefit TPL?