<Besides that the J3's involved in the Intel chip purchases probably wanted more then just relief from the current infringement claims and their millions in attorney fees. They may have also wanted MMPs license to protect them from future infringement claims on newer chips that might someday be purchased from a non licensed source versus already licensed Intel Corp. If that was truely the situation, the dollar amount of any settlement would not have been an easy matter to determine and could easily be subject to a MOU regarding further damages depending on the outcome of the 148 and 336 re-exams. In my opinion that was the most reasonable and logical thing to do. This would explain the MOU and the other variations in the settlement records. >

Well, I assume that NEC obtained TWO separate licenses. One for NEC and one in settlement with NEC America. And we do not have any MOU with NEC.

In the case of Toshiba and Panasonic we know that some license was granted in the settlement. But could that have been the manufacturing license and they still need a system license to avoid potential supply chain disruptions? Hmmm Opty