I noticed in the Dec. 20th PR they did mention ``system manufacturers``. See below...last few lines. Sony would certainly fall into this category as well, wouldn`t they?

Are there any Sony/HP ties or reason Sony might want HP to license first? If todays trading seemed managed, one could possibly argue that a very large shareholder was given time to cover before a less obscure PR put a squeeze on them. joe

The patent portfolio, also marketed as the MMP portfolio, contains intellectual property that became jointly owned by publicly held Patriot Scientific Corporation and the privately held TPL Group in a settlement between them in June 2005. Both TPL and Patriot assert that their jointly owned patents have long been essential to the design of advanced microprocessors, digital signal processors, embedded processors and system-on-chip devices. Global sales of end products deploying chips using technologies protected by the jointly owned patents are estimated to be greater than $200 billion annually. The MMP Portfolio is exclusively managed by Alliacense, a TPL Group enterprise. While major microprocessor manufacturers such as Intel (NasdaqNM: INTC - News) and Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD - News) were early portfolio licensees, Alliacense is now focusing its licensing efforts on system manufacturers such as the four defendants cited in the broad-based complaint filed in Texas