<Maybe he´s simply trying to make money which he doesn´t have to share (imo).....>

Is this the best time to be adding to TPL's litigation costs? TPL already has Brown, Marcoux, Moore, PTSC, Barco etal on their plate. And now two additional. One would have thought post PTSC/TPL settlement with MMP lincensing back on track would be better timing to file these new suits.

Selling Core FLash or Fast Logic licenses might make TPL some money they don't have to share, but if the threat of litigation did not get these folks to sign, would the actual filing of a suit do it? If not, then these cases could drag on for years, and quite likely the USPTO is going to get some requests for reexams soon. And while the USPTO picks the patents apart, new licensing drys up.

The MMP experience tells us that this is the likely scenario, unless there is something that makes it different. Perhaps TPL agreed to a small percentage of any settlments, and the motherload goes to whoever is helping to finance the litigation? Or maybe Leckrone had more in his 'rainy day' account than we all thought?

Opty