"The Judge was "Skilled in the Art" of decifering the Bull.'

Perhaps...

Thing is, Micron achieved what they needed, bringing into focus the Intel issue of MSFT prior art.

All they did was harvest Intels filings and focused there.....where settlement issues had to bring into focus that issue....regardless of what the civil case judge did.

When you're hemmed into a questionable 1.5 year IPR process in the last hour... you're hemmed in.

Does it really matter what the civil proceedings do, where IPRs are questioning and testing validity directly? There is no middle ground on an IPR issue, like the middle ground in the civil case, that being a ruled CC(Markman) without having to go the full distance.

During Civil case mediation negotiations the only thing that stands, initially, in an IPR, are opposing points of arguments, where the PTAB panel has not weighed in.

Unless the PTAB fully rules, there is no middle ground to settle on, other than the opposing interpretations of arguments between the parties.

The IPR process is a catch 22 and that is all it is....cross this line and you are done little company.

doni