The only thing that makes sense to me is that we are not getting any money from the settlement, (at least not now).
There could be an agreement to pay money over time if the patents pan out in the patent office, so an 8-K would not be due until then and if the payments are over time then no big windfall and there again no need for a special 8-K.
There could also be an agreement for use of their company for tech support and research and development (that would benefit TPL, ie ...some sort of Sony sweetheart deal) .......However, I don't see this because of two different companies; if it were just one, then I could think along these lines.
They could help us with the M/A business set up plan, but I don't believe TPL would give a crap about us along those lines, so that is out.IMO
I can't thing of all the different business relationships that could exist to warrant the "business agreement" but the waiting on the USPTO makes sense to me, and I could also see something along the lines of them helping us go after other competitors somehow, but how?