"The defendants need time to do their DD, and they will, no doubt about it"--agreed, but someone at these companies must know right now if they are infringing on our patents or not. That said, I think that this is as much the defendants lawyers saying to them, look, we need to know if you are infringing or not so we can best represent you. We need to know if settling is the best option or if we should go all the way.

"If e.Digital settles in front of any of these possibilities at this time, they hold the weak hand"--also agreed, except there is always the risk of time and the court system, so if the settlement offers are of significant size but still save the defendants time and money that is ok too.

From my perspective, only if we won the appeal and everything else fell our way could the income derived from flash be somewhat large. We need income from these suits to have the time for Nunchi and Micro Signet to mature, have the markets realize their potential, and license or sell them. I believe that is where the potential for big money is now. All that said, we cannot wait too long because things in the tech world move quickly and the possibility of the opportunity passing us by always exists.