You asked:...

"Do you expect that one or two violators will push it all the way to a trial? In your opinion, would we be better off if they did?:...

The upcoming event scheduled before Judge Kreiger is not a "Trial", it is a "HEARING.", known as "MARKMAN HEARING...

The distinction is that trial usually will follow a "MARKMAN RULING"...

Winning a MARKMAN RULING is a significant event in the life of a Patent law suit because it provides a judical opinion as to validity of the patents through claim construction. Once there is a judges "RULING" it pretty much has the effect of leaving the question of damages to the trier of the fact...

If the Markman Ruling is in favor of EDIG it has the effect of of speeding up monetizing their claims against defendants through Article III proceedings. If Edig looses the Markman Ruling defendants can bring ARTICLE III proceedings to be dismissed...

From the foregoing you see that DM is the one to push for the MARKMAN HEARING because after he gets a favorable RULING he will ; proceed with cashing out against the remaining SWEET SIXTEEN, and all those that will come afterwards.

Hope this helps, and you 40% will disappear in a blink of an eye after the MARKMAN RULING is made by Judge Marcie Kreiger....

GLTA...

Gil...