If companies settle out of court with e.Digital, because of confidentiality agreements (C.As), can investors make any assumptions about whether the settling defendants paid one lump sum payment, a lump sum divided among several payments over time, or have agreed to a "per device produced" fee going forward?

When we read the quarterly financials, can we ever really know what the numbers imply specifically?

Do C.As mean that we can't use any completed settlements as leverage with new defendants?

And if a corporation is conducting their due diligence before an offer to buy us out, do the C.As prevent us from sharing information about completed settlements, or can we release settlement information "in bulk"?

Thank you.