A lot of interesting and important questions, much unknown now and may never be known. That said, I have not changed my opinion - the play is the settlement or final adjudication of the appeal. I have been steadfast in that opinion since the July Federal Circuit ruling came down, that eviscerated McKinney's findings, and meant to me that GERS/KK/C&C would ultimately prevail in the Federal Circuit. Add to this the USPTO awarding the patents after considering all the court filings, C&C switching to contingency fee, and, not least, the defendants willing to negotiate, when they never have before.
IF the settlement is near (we have no data to counter this possibility as of today) then for reasons I have described earlier I cannot fathom that the other infringing companies would be neglected. KK/C&C are not stupid and know that the Federal Circuit ruling for the validity of the patents and back royalties would have greater impact on this real prize than just 15 or so companies agreeing to settle, which might not set any precedent. To my eyes IF a settlement is near it will also include, in some way, these other companies. Meaning? IF a settlement is near we could see a press release that touts tens of dollars per share coming to GERS/KK/C&C. Now we know that the common shareholders may not benefit directly from any of that, but a nano cap company with only 20 million(?) shares outstanding coming into that kind of money as well as the future business that would appear to follow would blind almost everyone to the realities here. In other words, ride the buying panic before the world gets wise -- wouldn't that be a ride!
