On vacation and trying to catch up. Forgive me if I missed something over the past 9 days but based on info from the PR below, are we to assume that there was a decisive victory in the Markman ruling? Why would PTSC/TPL release this kind of a PR without evidence, from the court, of a decisive victory to include a final ruling on the 336? Also, is part of the reason for the recent complaints with ITC and CAND to further TPL's other portfolios?
13 Companies Cited for Infringement of MMP Portfolio™ in ITC Complaint
The MMP Portfolio™ Licensing Program is Dramatically Strengthened
Via Markman Victory and Filing of ITC and District Court Complaints
The move defends the investments of the enormous MMP Portfolio licensee community of nearly 100 global industry leaders (with combined annual revenue of approximately $1.4 trillion), the investments of PTSC and TPL in the MMP Portfolio Licensing Program, and the investments of TPL in its own semiconductor product lines
…..And on June 12, 2012, the US District Court for the Northern District of California issued a “Markman” ruling, remarkable for its resounding defeat of the last-remaining ground being clung to by a recalcitrant group of unlicensed, serial infringers. In so doing, the Court aligns with the MMP Portfolio’s 2006 Markman victory, handed down by Judge Ward in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, and decisively confirms the claim construction arguments of the Alliacense Team.
http://www.tplgroup.net:8080/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=272:1-companiescitedforinfringementmmpportfolioinitc-complaint-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
(emphases by me)