This relates to the laches defense that Apple brought up as to why Edig had not filed suit in the past and now potentially stands to collect for many more items sold. Yes, but we were broke--some have said that a simple $3 registered letter would have possibly sufficed to put Apple on notice. Perhaps related and perhaps not a couple weeks later the settlement was announced. Laches is hard for the defendant to prove and, as seen in this case, the court can deem the infringement on going and willful which would potentially treble the damages. But, this case was filed in March of 2009 and it is finally being decided almost 4 years later. Didn't we file against Apple about 9 months ago or so? Carniegie Mellon Univ. has plenty of staying power I would suspect. Just saying.