So does this sound like they maybe admitting defeat ???

"Thispaper will discuss a few of the many decisions that have shed light on the proper limits of expert testimony in determining the amount of a reasonable royalty, placing a special emphasis on the desire of an accused infringer to reduce the amount of damages.
Title 35, Section 284 of the United States (U.S.) Code provides that the minimum
recovery for patent infringement is a reasonable royalty.1 The statute, however, does not provide a definition of a reasonable royalty and does not provide how that royalty is to be determined.

Courts have defined a reasonable royalty as the amount that a willing licensor and willing licensee would bargain for at an arm's length hypothetical negotiation occurring on the date infringement began."