Just a thought, but it would seem to me that if an Apple buy out was at stake, they would want to clear the ground floor of all remaining issues. If that is what is playing out, then I would expect silence until all the litigatation is resolved. The compelling notion is that an Apple's settlement came out of nowhere. I've always felt that Apple would have been better off buying EDIG outright than stretching the process out thru litigation. They would own the patents and persue the litigation of the remaining infringers....Those that haven't already been served notice. The most receint list of infringers came along in a flurry and my bet is they will be resolved with expediency. I can't think of a reason that this pacer notice of settlement with Apple could possibly be interpreted as bad news.