From the Dec. 2006 PR of the company...

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Flash Memory Patent Portfolio

"Because our flash memory-related patent portfolio covers hundreds of companies and thousands of products and extends our rights under the patents until 2015, the law firms we have contacted are being very thorough in their searches for prior art and their due diligence of our patent portfolio.

Under the direction of veteran intellectual property (IP) consultant, Pat Nunally, and with the assistance of outside law firms, we have assembled the first comprehensive list of potential licensees of our flash memory-based patent portfolio. To date, we have identified 174 companies with 1,372 products that appear to employ our patent portfolio."...

In December 2006, company was telling us they had contacted "Outside Law Firms" that were being very through in their seraches for prior art and their due diligence of our patent portfolio"...

It was months later that comoany announced the filing of VIVITAR by DM...

DM was arround for months, if not years, before they announced the signing of the CONTINCENCY FEE AGREEMENT, and then the filing of the first law suit...

GLTA...

Gil...