This could be ONE reading of their position:

"what we do or don't say is largely driven by what we believe is best for the continuity of the litigation and licensing efforts." , therefore he feels any addressing of the matter is not in the "best" interest of our "litigation and licensing efforts".

OR

It may be that they feel it would be WISE to refrain from ANY COMMENT on this action, lest it be twisted and misconstrued, and used in the future, to our disadvantage,