When you consider that ptsc was trading around .05 or less, and then 9 months later issued back to back dividends in the neighborhood of about $25 million to shareholders while the pps rocketed to over $2/share with considerably more shares outstanding than e.Digital, it makes you wonder what leg of this journey we are on currently.

While we have imagined and discussed the value of the PATENTS many times, and seen the market's reaction to the concept becoming reality, it appears we are much much closer now to that reality than at any time previously.

The legal due diligence effort was announced last February http://www.edigital.com/news021406.htm and is now quantified to the tune of 174 companies and over 1300 products in the marketplace...a very real in a maturing industry...not just future projections.

"e.Digital further announced today that it has initiated efforts to partner with an intellectual property management company to jointly pursue monetizing the company’s patent portfolio.

“With the proliferation of flash memory based products and the increasing recording capacity of flash, we believe our patent holdings in this area are fundamental and valuable, particularly in the areas of content file management, optimal flash memory management, and in removable flash applications,” concluded Blakeley. “With the assistance of an intellectual property management partner, our strategy is to aggressively pursue licensing agreements with companies we believe have products utilizing our intellectual property.”

PATENTS, Products and Partners...coming into our own?