Well on my planet, and I have no more info than you do, but I havent heard of any court cases in Germany, the patent was challenged there and stood its ground regardless of what happened here. That floats my boat, but I guess someone can pull the plug at any time, but until then we're sitting fat. If it takes 4-6 months to hammer out a license deal we should be about ready for a whole raft of them. jmo. Happy trades to you, I know I really enjoyed it. RJ