I'm glad you brought Henneman's comment to light.

It seems that TPL is ready to pursue the court case but are willing to cooperate in giving more time to the plaintiffs to work out a deal. The plaintiffs are just using the pending reex's as an excuse to help convince the judge to grant an additional stay so that negotiations may continue IMHO.

Defendants’ Statement Defendants note that Plaintiffs Acer and HTC were the parties that first requested this stay and have previously requested the Court continue the stay as long as the patents-in-suit were being reexamined by the PTO. Defendants do not oppose either the lifting or a short continuance (i.e. 60 days) of the stay

GLTAL