Our patents are valid right now. We were issued the rights and until proven otherwise, will remain so. The VOLUME of users are 2nd and 3rd tier companies--we need them to license the MMP. Perhaps the "business resolution" was that the J's pass the burden of payments to their 2nd and 3rd tier companies. The use of the patent gets passed on--the 1st tier companies can't contiue to pay large amounts to license the patents--it needs to be distributed to the users (that is what the SC it deliberating now). What I am saying is that perhaps granting a lic. to the J's passes the burden of payments to downstream and that the J's have the obligation to sign them on. For some reason it seems that people forget that are patents ARE VALID right now. GL, ads