"Analysts tried to put a dollar amount on the deal. “The cross-license agreements alone are probably not material to either company in terms of monetary gain,” said Soleil Securities Cross Research Analyst Shannon Cross. “The agreements are far more valuable to each company in terms of allowing them to use the IP to develop products.”

Maybe EDIG will be portrayed as being better paid off and licensed rather than fighting and taking the chance of losing, considering how valuable the markets at stake are at this point in time.