Check out OPTI which is doing what EDIG is about to do and then look at their PPS change over the past two years. I have posted about OPTI before regarding their patent infringement suits. I don't think they have received any settlements yet but I might be mistaken.

And while you're looking into that for interest sake, check out the settlement action history below.

Damage Awards:

Damages awards in U.S. patent infringement cases reach magnitudes rarely seen in other countries. During the last decade, there have been about 20 to 30 patent infringement cases a year with published judicial awards of calculated infringement damages. Of these individual cases, about 60% had awards in excess of $1 million dollars, with over 20 ranging between $10 and $100 million dollars and at least 6 more above $100 million dollars. Nearly 20% of the total awards is attributable to pre- and post-judgment interest on the actual damages. For those cases where damages are based on a reasonable royalty, over 70% used a royalty rate in excess of 6%, with about 15% exceeding a 20% royalty rate.

Examples of Recoveries:

Award	Year	Parties	Type	Industry	Source
$94,800,000	2005	Advanced Medical Optics vs. Alcon	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	NYT0505
$60,000,000	2005	Immersion vs. Sony	Patent Lawsuit	Software	NLJ0503
$51,000,000	2005	Medtronic vs. BrainLAB A.G.	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	NLJ0510
$1,350,000,000	2005	Karlin Technology vs. Medtronics	Patent Settlement	Medical	NYT0504
$325,000,000	2005	EMC vs. Hewlett Packard	Patent Settlement	Computers	WSJ0505
$40,000,000	2005	Soverain Software vs. Amazon	Patent Settlement	Software	NLJ0508
$8,000,000	2005	Yahoo vs. Miva	Patent Settlement	Software	SFC0508
$1,800,000	2005	Univs. Texas vs. RIM	Patent Settlement	Software	SCI0508
$1,300,000	2004	Elan vs. Eisai	Patent Buyout	Pharmaceuticals	NYT0404
$55,000,000	2004	Elan vs. Vernalis	Patent Buyout	Pharmaceuticals	NYT0404
$134,500,000	2004	Masimo vs. Tyco Nellcor	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	KMOB news
$43,500,000	2004	Applied Medical Resources vs. Tyco U.S. Surgical	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	KMOB news
$8,670,000	2004	Microtune vs. Broadcom	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	NLJ0405
$3,500,000	2004	Golden Voice Technology vs. Rockwell Electronic	Patent lawsuit	Software	Web news
$5,000,000	2004	Nastech vs. Merck	Patent Licence	Pharmaceutical	SFC0409
$225,000,000	2004	Intergraph vs. Intel	Patent Settlement	Electronics	SFC0403
$78,000,000	2004	Chiron vs. Roche Holdings	Patent Settlement	Medical	WSJ04091
$40,000,000	2004	Ampex vs. Sony	Patent Settlement	Software	SFC0411
$8,000,000	2004	Novellus vs. Applied Materials	Patent Settlement	Electronics	WSJ0409
$25,000,000	2003	St. Clair Intellectual Property vs. Sony	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	news story
$12,200,000	2003	Poly-America vs. GSE Lining Technology	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	INT007
$12,000,000	2003	Philip Jackson vs. Glenayre Electronics	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	NLJ0403
$7,400,000	2003	Ralph Benghiat vs. Itron Inc.	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	NLJ0103
$1,900,000	2003	Mattel vs. Safety1st/Dorel	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	NYT0103a
$330,000,000	2003	Idenix Pharmaceuticals vs. Novartis	Patent License	Drugs	WSJ0303
$295,000,000	2003	Eli Lilly vs. Galen Holdings	Patent License	Drugs	GEN0103
$62,500,000	2003	Hilgraeve vs. Symantec	Patent Settlement	Software	WSJ0308
$60,000,000	2003	SPX Corp. vs. Microsoft	Patent Settlement	Software	NYT0312
$49,500,000	2003	Tulip Computers vs. Dell Computer	Patent Settlement	Electronics	detnews.com/ 2003/technology/0307
$34,000,000	2003	InterDigital Comm. vs. Ericsson	Patent Settlement	Electronics	HR0303
$25,000,000	2003	Nortel Networks vs. Ciena	Patent Settlement	Electronics	INT002
$17,000,000	2003	TDK vs. Silicon Laboratories	Patent Settlement	Electronics	INT008
$15,000,000	2003	Interpore vs. Johnson & Johnson	Patent Settlement	Medical	NYT0103
$6,000,000	2003	Proxim vs. Intersil	Patent Settlement	Electronics	INT009
$475,000,000	2002	SpinBrush Inc. vs. Procter & Gamble	Patent Buyout	Mechanical	BW0802
$453,000,000	2002	InterTrust vs. Sony, Philips	Patent Buyout	Software	WSJ1102c
$380,000,000	2002	Immunex vs. Schering AG	Patent Buyout	Drugs	WSJ0502a
$24,000,000	2002	Unova vs. Broadcom	Patent Buyout	Electronics	NYT1202
$7,000,000	2002	Liquid Audio vs. Microsoft	Patent Buyout	Software	SFC1002
$1,000,000	2002	Storage Engine vs. Veritas Software	Patent Buyout	Software	INT003
$505,000,000	2002	Igen International vs. Roche Holding	Patent Lawsuit	Drugs	WSJ0102
$500,000,000	2002	City of Hope Nat Med Cent vs. Genentech	Patent Lawsuit	Drugs	SFC0602a
$424,000,000	2002	Medical Instrument. vs. Elekta	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	INT006
$158,000,000	2002	Guidant vs. Medtronic	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	NYT0402a
$150,000,000	2002	Intergraph vs. Intel	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	WSJ1102d
$114,000,000	2002	Internet Magic vs. Netfax	Patent Lawsuit	Software	NLJ0202b
$98,100,000	2002	B.J. Services vs. Halliburton	Patent Lawsuit	Chemical	NLJ0402a
$63,500,000	2002	Aruze Corp. vs. Sammy Corp.	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	IPT0602
$61,000,000	2002	Harris Corp. vs. Ericsson	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	Dallas Business Journal 28 Nov 2002 Dallas Business Journal 28 Nov 2002
$57,000,000	2002	Univs. Colorado vs. American Cyanamid	Patent Lawsuit	Chemical	NLJ0802a
$52,600,000	2002	Applera/MDS vs. Waters Corp.	Patent Lawsuit	Chemical	WSJ0502c
$47,500,000	2002	Applied Biosystems/MDX vs. Micromass	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	NLJ0402b
$36,500,000	2002	Atmel vs. Silicon Storage	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	EN0502
$32,600,000	2002	Bristol Myers Squibb vs. Aventis	Patent Lawsuit	Chemical	NLJ0802b
$23,100,000	2002	NTP Inc. vs. Research in Motion	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	WSJ1102a
$28,500,000	2002	Harry Gaus vs. Conair Corp.	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	NLJ0202a
$27,200,000	2002	Inter. Rectifier vs. IXYS	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	INT010
$25,000,000	2002	Fuji Photo Film vs. Jazz Photo	Patent Lawsuit	Cameras	NLJ1202
$25,000,000	2002	Honeywell vs. Borg Warner	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	WSJ0702
$17,437,220	2002	BIC Corp. vs. ERA International	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	00-CA-7155 (SDNY 27 Feb 2002)
$17,400,000	2002	X-IT Products vs. Walter Kidde	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	NLJ0901
$17,200,000	2002	Alcon Inc vs. Nidek Co.	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	INT004
$10,000,000	2002	Syndia vs. Gillette	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	NYT0602a
$7,400,000	2002	Telemac Corp. vs. USIntellicom	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	NLJ0402
$4,900,000	2002	Macromedia vs. Adobe Systems	Patent Lawsuit	Software	SFC0502
$4,400,000	2002	Intuitive Surgical/IBM vs. Computer Motion	Patent Lawsuit	Surgical	NYT0802
$4,200,000	2002	MKS Instruments vs. Advanced Energy	Patent Lawsuit	Chemical	NLJ0602
$2,820,000	2002	Adobe Systems vs. Macromedia	Patent Lawsuit	Software	SFC0502
$2,100,000	2002	Control Alt Design vs. Tensor Corp.	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	NLJ0102a
$2,000,000	2002	nCube vs. SeaChange International	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	ZDNET
$325,000,000	2002	Amylin Pharmaceuticals vs. Eli Lilly	Patent License	Drugs	NYT0902
$135,000,000	2002	Genta vs. Aventis	Patent License	Drugs	WSJ0402b
$28,500,000	2002	InterTrust vs. Sony	Patent License	Software	WSJ0502b
$26,000,000	2002	Cell Genesys vs. Transkaryotic Therapies	Patent License	Drugs	SFBJ0602
$300,000,000	2002	Intergraph vs. Intel	Patent Settlement	Electronics	WSJ0402a
$175,000,000	2002	Boston Scientific vs. Medtronic	Patent Settlement	Medical	NYT0902a
$53,000,000	2002	InterDigital Communications vs. NEC	Patent Settlement	Electronics	NYT0102a
$30,000,000	2002	eSpeed vs. CBOT and CME	Patent Settlement	Software	INT013
$30,000,000	2002	ADC Telecommunications vs. Thomas & Betts	Patent Settlement	Electronics	NLJ0502a
$25,000,000	2002	Fischer Imaging vs. Thermo Electron	Patent Settlement	Medical	PRNewswire
$24,000,000	2002	Business Objects SA vs. Cognos	Patent Settlement	Software	WSJ0502d
$20,000,000	2002	Varian Semiconductor vs. Lam Research	Patent Settlement	Electronic	EN0102
$20,000,000	2002	Berlex Laboratories vs. Biogen	Patent Settlement	Drugs	NLJ0202
$18,000,000	2002	DepoMed vs. Bristol Myers Squibb	Patent Settlement	Drugs	INT012
$15,000,000	2002	3Com vs. Xircom	Patent Settlement	Electronics	WSJ1102e
$15,000,000	2002	Jupiter Media Metrix vs. NetRatings	Patent Settlement	Software	WSJ0502
$3,750,000	2002	Datascope vs. Vascular Solutions	Patent Settlement	Medical	INT011
$2,000,000	2002	Digimarc vs. Verance	Patent Settlement	Software	Digimarc
$169,000,000	2001	Boston Scientific vs. Medtronic	Patent Arbitrate	Medical	WSJ07011
$170,000,000	2001	Gilead Sciences vs. OSI Pharmaceuticals	Patent Buyout	Drug	SFC1101
$40,000,000	2001	Lernout & Hauspie vs. ScanSoft	Patent Buyout	Electronics	NYT1101
$140,000,000	2001	Guidant vs. St. Jude Medical	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	WSJ0701
$78,000,000	2001	Southern Clay Products vs. Sued-Chemie	Patent Lawsuit	Chemicals	IPT0301
$46,580,000	2001	Honeywell vs. Hamilton Sundstrand	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	NLJ00301
$35,000,000	2001	Crystal Semiconductor vs. Tritech Microelectronics	Patent Lawsuit	Electronic	CAFC0301
$17,530,000	2001	Osteotech vs. Gensci Regeneration	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	NLJ0102
$15,000,000	2001	IPPV Enterprises vs. Echostar DISH	Patent Lawsuit	Software	NLJ0102
$10,600,000	2001	Tanashin Denki vs. Thomson Consumer Electronics	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	NLJ1101
$8,700,000	2001	William Riles vs. Shell Exploration	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	NLJ0401
$8,300,000	2001	Boston Scientific vs. Johnson & Johnson	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	WSJ0901
$7,000,000	2001	Harris vs. Sanyo	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	NLJ1001
$3,000,000	2001	Carberry Corp. vs. Land O'Lakes Inc.	Patent Lawsuit	Chemical	NYT0102
$2,000,000	2001	Lamps Plus vs. Catalina Lighting	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	NLJ04012
$1,500,000	2001	Acres Gaming vs. Mikohn Gaming	Patent Lawsuit	Software	NLJ04011
$1,400,000	2001	Internet Pictures vs. iMove Inc.	Patent Lawsuit	Software	IntPic
$1,015,180	2001	Micro Chemical vs. Lextron	Patent Lawsuit	Software	NLJ07011
$1,000,000	2001	Great Lakes Chemical vs. Archimica	Patent Lawsuit	Pharmaceutical	NLJ0201
$187,000,000	2001	OSI Pharmaceuticals vs. Genentech,Roche	Patent License	Drugs	WSJ01011
$34,500,000	2001	Hybridon vs. Isis	Patent License	Biotech	GEN0601
$18,000,000	2001	BioTime vs. Akzo Nobel	Patent License	Pharmaceutical	SFC0201
$6,000,000	2001	Isis vs. Hybridon	Patent License	Biotech	GEN0601
$420,000,000	2001	Litton Industries vs. Honeywell	Patent Settlement	Electronics	AWST0993
$400,000,000	2001	Pitney Bowes vs. HP	Patent Settlement	Software	WSJ0601
$15,800,000	2001	Ricoh vs. Nashua Corp.	Patent Settlement	Mechanical	NLJ01012
$10,000,000	2001	Nova Biomedical vs. i-STAT	Patent Settlement	Medical	IPT0901
$5,000,000	2001	Motorola vs. Nanogen	Patent Settlement	Biotech	NLJ0801
$324,000,000	2000	Cordis/Johnson & Johnson vs. Boston Scientific	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	WSJ12001
$270,000,000	2000	Cordis/Johnson & Johnson vs. Medtronic	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	WSJ12002
$68,750,000	2000	General Technology Apps. vs. Conoco Liquid Power	Patent Lawsuit	Chemicals	WP0500
$18,000,000	2000	Edmark Industries vs. S. Asia Intn'l	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	NLJ0900
$18,000,000	2000	SIBIA vs. Cadus Pharmaceuticals	Patent Lawsuit	Pharmaceutical	NLJ1000
$16,350,000	2000	Integra Lifesciences vs. Merck KgaA	Patent Lawsuit	Biotech	NLJ10001
$13,200,000	2000	Frank Calabrese vs. Square D	Patent Lawsuit	Software	NYT0200
$13,000,000	2000	C.R. Bard vs. Boston Scientific	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	NLJ10001
$11,750,000	2000	Heidelberg Harris vs. Mitsubishi Heavy Industry	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	Heidelberg v. Mitsubishi, 56 USPQ2d 1714
$11,000,000	2000	Smith Engineering vs. Eisenmann Corp.	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	NLJ07000
$5,700,000	2000	Bose vs. Harman Inter.	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	NLJ09001
$4,200,000	2000	Quickturn Design vs. Aptiz	Patent Lawsuit	Legal fees	NLJ09001
$2,218,000	2000	Tate Access Floors vs. Maxcess Technologies	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	NLJ09002
$100,000,000	2000	Chiron vs. Hoffman-LaRoche	Patent License	Biotech	BW0600
$100,000,000	2000	Abbott vs. Cephalon	Patent License	Drugs	GEN1100
$80,000,000	2000	ETRI vs. Qualcomm	Patent Royalties	Electronics	WSJ1200
$200,000,000	2000	Gemstar vs. Motorola	Patent Settlement	Electronics	NLJ11001
$25,000,000	2000	Lubrizol vs. Imperial	Patent Settlement	Chemical	NLJ11002
$25,000,000	2000	Bausch & Lomb vs. Alcon Laboratories	Patent Settlement	Chemical	CHW0200
$20,000,000	2000	Xilinx vs. Altera	Patent Settlement	Electronic	SJMN0701
$8,000,000	2000	SanDisk < Lexar	Patent Settlement	Electronics	EN1100
$6,300,000	2000	Dyson Appliances vs. Hoover	Patent Settlement	Mechanical	INT005
$4,250,000	2000	Serta vs. Simmons	Patent Settlement	Mechanical	NLJ01011
$2,000,000	2000	Lexar < SanDisk	Patent Settlement	Electronics	EN1100
$165,000,000	1999	Viskase Corp. vs. American National Can	Patent Lawsuit	Chemicals	NLJ04001
$154,000,000	1999	Hughes Aircraft vs. US Government	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	Fed. Cl. No. 426-73
$47,900,000	1999	AcroMed vs. Sofamor Danek	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	NLJ02002
-$40,000,000	1999	AccuScan vs. Xerox	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	ACCUSCAN
$32,300,000	1999	Power Integration vs. Motorola	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	EET1099
$29,000,000	1999	Int. Game Tech. vs. WMS Gaming	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	NLJ12991
$25,200,000	1999	Tec Air vs. Denso Manufacturing	Patent Lawsuit	Chemical	52 USPQ2d 1294
$20,000,000	1999	Crystal Semiconductor vs. Opti Inc.	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	NLJ02001
$12,900,000	1999	General Surgical vs. Guidant	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	NLJ0800
$12,500,000	1999	Intermatic vs. Lamson & Sessions	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	NLJ1099
$9,500,000	1999	Lucent vs. Newbridge Networks	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	IPT0100
$5,400,000	1999	Guidant vs. Medtronic	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	NLJ1299
$3,100,000	1999	CFM Technologies vs. Steag Electronics	Patent Lawsuit	Electronic	EN1199
$2,700,000	1999	SunTiger vs. Scientific Research Facility	Patent Lawsuit	Optics	BANWIT
$1,000,000	1999	Interactive Pictures vs. Infinite Pictures	Patent Lawsuit	Software	BANWIT
$300,000,000	1999	Univs. Minnesota vs. Glaxo Wellcome	Patent Settlement	Drug	WSJ1099
$200,000,000	1999	Univs. California vs. Genentech	Patent Settlement	Drugs	SFC1194
$163,500,000	1999	Procter & Gamble vs. Paragon Trade	Patent Settlement	Mechanical	WSJ0299
$170,000,000	1998	Exxon Chemical vs. Mobil Chemical	Patent Lawsuit	Chemical	CHW0898
$70,000,000	1998	Odetics vs. Storage Technology	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	ACCUSCAN
$39,200,000	1998	AlliedSignal vs. Cooper Automotive	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	NLJ0798
-$36,000,000	1998	Interactive Tech. vs. Pittway/Ademco	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	SDM0498
$13,000,000	1998	Variable Parameter Fixture vs. Morpheus Lights	Patent Lawsuit	Electronic	S.D.N.Y case
$12,500,000	1998	Interactive Networks vs. TCI	Patent Lawsuit	Software	BCB0398
$1,250,000	1998	Eaton vs. Meritor Automotive	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	FLO0898
$90,000,000	1998	Sepracor vs. Eli Lilly	Patent License	Drugs	CEN1298
$13,000,000	1997	Escom/Commodore vs. Gateway	Patent Buyout	Electronic	WSJ0899
$700,000,000	1997	Digital vs. Intel	Patent Lawsuit	Computer	IW1197
$102,000,000	1997	Viskase vs. American National Can	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	BI0997
$98,000,000	1997	Fonar Corp. vs. General Electric	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	MHC0397
$68,000,000	1997	Unocal vs. Six oil companies	Patent Lawsuit	Chemical	NPN1297
$57,000,000	1997	Celeritas Tech. vs. Rockwell	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	LAT0197
$18,000,000	1997	Comark Communications vs. Harris Corp.	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	BCB0897
$13,000,000	1997	Applied Medical Resources vs. US Surgical	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	HIT0797
$211,000,000	1996	Haworth vs. Steelcase	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	FOR0197
$32,400,000	1996	SRI International vs. Advanced Technology Labs	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	SRI
$72,700,000	1995	Stryker Corp. vs. Intermedics Orthopedics	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	USDC E.D.N.Y. No. CV-90-3006(ADS) (EDNY Oct. 3, 1995)
$64,000,000	1995	Schneider/BCSI vs. Scimed	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	BCSI
$44,000,000	1995	Haworth vs. Herman Miller	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	FRB0596
$6,000,000	1995	Celeritas Tech. vs. ATT	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	LAT0197
$129,000,000	1994	Exxon Chemical vs. Lubrizol	Patent Lawsuit	Chemical	CHW0394
$83,000,000	1994	Stac Electronics vs. Microsoft	Patent License	Software	CRN0694
$48,000,000	1993	Eli Lilly vs. SciMed	Patent License	Medical	FW0493
$14,000,000	1993	Amgen vs. Genetics Institute	Patent License	Biotech	CMR0593
$107,000,000	1992	3M vs. Johnson & Johnson	Patent Lawsuit	Medical	22 USPQ2d 1401
$3,500,000	1992	Hilton Davis vs. Warner Jenkinson	Patent Lawsuit	Chemical	CMR0195
$873,000,000	1991	Polaroid vs. Eastman Kodak	Patent Lawsuit	Chemical	USPQ1617
$4,000,000	1991	Pharmacia AB vs. MedChem	Patent Lawsuit	Chemical	BBJ0191
$200,000,000	1990	Intel and AMD	Patent Wasted	Electronics	EBB0494
$125,000,000	1990	Procter & Gamble vs.> Procter & Gamble vs.	Patent Lawsuit	Chemical	AA0990
$25,600,000	1990	Brooktree vs. AMD	Patent Lawsuit	Electronics	EN1090
$17,000,000	1990	Modine Manufacturing vs. Allen Group	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	BAR1090
$500,000,000+	1990	Texas Instruments vs. Toshiba	Patent Settlement	Electronics	EET1290
$20,000,000	1990	Rodime vs. IBM	Patent Settlement	Mechanical	EN1190
$205,000,000	1986	Hughes Tool vs. Smith International	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	CFO0489
$23,000,000	1985	Baker Hughes vs. Dresser Industries	Patent Settlement	Mechanical	FRB0790
$1,300,000	1980	Laurie Visual vs. Chesebrough-Pond	Patent Lawsuit	Mechanical	BW1180
$25,000	1953	Sony vs. ATT Bell Labs	Patent License	Electronics	BW0407