Settlement amounts would be derived from the number of infringing products along with their market value. So we should ask ourselves who (among the seven) had the least exposure with regard to infringing our patents? Isn’t it more likely that say, Olympus with perhaps 5-10 infringing products (just for example) would have had an easier time determining their exposure and offering a reasonable settlement than a larger (and more diversified) company like Samsung who might produce 50+ products that infringe?

Olympus has always been the most obvious choice with respect to the ‘774 patent. Because of this and lacking any other evidence, I’ll guess it was them who settled.

- Sinkman