Thank you for your response.

I seriously doubt that our Appeal will (or can?) be rejected. If I recall correctly, Grewal even alluded to the probability of an Appeal being filed in his write-up re: his CC reversal. The Appeal was expected by the court, IMO.

Though there is no way of knowing for sure, I suspect that notified infringers recognize that all this legal crap is just part of the game. Look at it this way: I don't recall a time ever where the MMP was not in question with regard to validity and/or infringement. Yet we've signed over 100 Licensees.

The expiration of the MMP patents is only an issue in one respect, IMO. We can no longer license for future infringement, only to cover past infringement. And there is that 6-year "look back" period in which we can bring suit. We can claim that infringers are "on the hook" for infringement from the date of legal notice to the date of MMP expiration (stated in simplified terms). So another round of litigation (Appeal) is do-able and should be worthwhile (assuming we have a chance to prevail).

I agree that things are not nearly as wonderful as they once appeared, not by a long shot. I'm suggesting that it ain't over yet, and there still may be a decent opportunity to make some money from here. More to the point, a month or two ago the situation appeared extremely bleak, but recent events and near-term expected events (and possible surprises) may turn things around to a significant degree - going from a non-existent future to a real future.

SGE