Sman998...
There is no question that DM shall try to squeeze Apple...
The problem with Apple was almost driven to bankruptcy after the Institutions replaced jobs with the ex CEO of Cocalcola. Whne they went back, pleading on their knees, they gave Jobs plenary powers to revive Apple. As the Supreme LEADER of Apple he has planned well...
He knew all the ins and outs of the Silicon Valley...He borrowed $150 Million from Gates just to keep Apple going so as Gates could escape Anti-Trust actions by Governments worl wide, and set to revive Apple...
He astutely saw a niche in the things EDIG was talking about. Found Portal Player and bout his chips and Boards designed by EDIG and created I-pod...
While I-pod was capturing the immagination of the youg, through incredibly successful marketing, Job headed his own "Labs?", and learned all he could, through reverse engineering, about the makings of the platforms he was buying from Potral Player and SanDisk...
He then applied for several patents of his own, citing EDIG as Prior Art in few, and revolutionized the industry in which EDIG was supposed to be the "Disruptive Technology".
This is all a mater of public record. The genious of Jobs was/is that he planned well...
He created a $12 billion pot of cash, where he can pay off any law suits brough against Apple...
In the meantime, there is legal precedent that makes it difficult, if not imposible to sue those like Apple who bought your technology through purchase of of products containing one's technology that were put it the course of commerce with one's consent...
Specifically, one of Apples defenses against any law suit by DM shall be "you shluda/oughta expected that we would take advantage of using your patened technology when you agreed to put it on Portal Player, or SanDisk which we paid good money and bought on the open market...
And after he loosese, so what he will pay the judgment...
Because of that Court of Appeal case, Apple is far different than Samsung...
Don is right. Smasung is our big catch. Barring their amaagamting EDIG in their 56 companies, it should be our biggest settlement to date...
DM needs big bucks to go against Apple. But, it is worth it my view...
Gil...
