Yep, that makes sense as well.

IMO, EDIG has a lot of negotiations going on through DM. I base that speculation on RP's comments and the rather fast Casio agreement after the LG deal. If I were one of the other mean ole copy cats and I could get out of a mess for relativley small amounts of money now (>$5M) vs. a protracted legal mess, I would go for it as long as DM had gven my engineers enough ammo to know there was a case. If I thought my products had no infringing componets, I'd fight it. So far, DM seems to be getting results.

Earlier, several of us had guessed DM wanted at least one Markman ruling to make it easier to negotiate with future mean ole copy cats. I still believe that to be the case, but, after a few glasses of wine I might also believe that the "obviousness of our tech" may add to the equation / puzzel. If EDIG's tech is easy to see and easy to show an engineer, could DM be able to march through this first batch of cases without the need of a Markman? Is that why these mean ole copy cats were chosen? How many more "low hanging" cases are there in the future? 5 or 50?

OK, enough of that thinkin' stuff. It makes my head hurt. Go EDIG, To the moon, and Light This Candle and all that stuff....

John