I think that is the logical and likely catalyst.
In the meantime, is there nothing the company's management or BOD can do proactively to help? If not, what warrants bonuses and raises for the CEO if all he is responsible for is making sure the company is SEC compliant and overseeing the partnership with TPL?
What do you see as the catylizing event that will allow the company to commit to dividends? Is it a substantial license fee that is currently totally unpredictable based on the legal status? Is it a series of licenses that can't be predicted?
If these potential eventualities can't be relatively well anticipated, or at least targeted as business goals, what is driving the company's business strategy? Is it simply strengthen the MMP through the legal system and hope they can collect more than nuisance fees from some company(s) down the road?