Ron, I appreciated your comments and I suppose their gist amounts to the fact that trials are both expensive and stochastic as oppose to deterministic. In other words, the outcome is in doubt until the judge issues an opinion. However, I also gleaned from your post the answer to a question that I have been asking myself and the board; namely, why DM has not file any more law suits. it seems to me that their strategy is "lets file Markman and after that everybody will submit if we win". This is a good way to minimize costs and stand on a firmer ground about expectations concerning the future. To a large extent LL anticipated my post with his. Good post LL.