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I have kept quiet. But those who know me, know that I speak my mind. I hope Emil reads the messages. Because, Sir - you should be embarrassed. I believe in VPLM - The patents are indisputably real, and have been proven out again and again. Do I believe that Voip-Pal will eventually prevail - I do. Many of us Longs do. However, what is happening now is SHAMEFUL. It takes little to see what kind of lifestyle Ms. Barbara indulges in. Miss Fancy Pants loves to jet set all over the world, and is kept in fine things. Clearly - shares were put in her name - AND - under her control, at some point where a man with a wishful view THOUGHT he might exercise at least a teensy bit of control in his own household. This is how this reads: A pathetic husband who entrusted a greedy woman with both his heart and wallet - AND all the good will he ever built into his company. Only to be laughed at and mocked for his trust, as Ms B uses up all of the value that Longtime Investors once shared, for her whims and pleasures.... as her personal slush fund. Poor judgment indeed. Sad. Embarrasing.
It's CLEARLY either that - or worse - the possibly hangs in the air that Emil is, indeed, complicit, and just hiding behind the possibility that he holds no control or influence over his own household. Either way - Get ahold of yourself Man. Reclaim your Manhood. I won't sit silent, and be a victim to poor management that has laid waste to the PPS - which went from the teens down to the pennies overnight, since your "beloved" went on her spending spree. For the Love of God - get ahold of yourself man. You're harming your company.
I'm really happy that the actual value of this company does not correlate to the number of bashing nonsense posts it receives. People who get paid in shares for doing actual company efforts, and having made personal investments into it, eventually need their salaries. This has been a long road. Nonetheless, the facts remain that are strangely unusual - I'd say, even, unprecedented - if this were, as some keep driveling - a "scam".
Facts like - The USPTO having validated, revalidated and exonerated the patents after an ungodly number of tries by extremely well-funded opponents - Leaving VPLM with a PERFECT track record. Yet many, MANY similar kinds of patents challenged fall to the wayside, being undone and invalidated at every turn - at the SAME USPTO - using the SAME processes - with the SAME opponents. Ever Wonder Why? Just lucky - I suppose? Not,
The litigation - Brutal. Anyone will admit that - yet, Goliath has failed - miserably - to squash little David - and not for lack of trying. Just lucky? I think not. What has Hudnell done? These matters are measured in inches, not miles at a time. You'll see.
The patent portfolio continues to grow - in places like India - where the monetization may actually make the US monetization look like peanuts.
Roadweary much? Maybe some just don't have the staying power for the long game. That's cool. I'm in. If you're not loading at sub ,02 - you're nuts. IMHO
Question: If "Babs" didn't file, as required by law - how, again did you know about it? These things make no sense to me - words are funny that way.
One can twist facts into any shape of balloon one wishes - however, a logical person might see that if someone had the misfortune to cross paths in the business world with a psychotic person, who was eventually convicted of his crimes, to such a degree that said psychotic person was displeased enough with him to want him "shot in the legs so that he couldn't run any more marathons"... the logical person would likely conclude that Rich was the good guy in this story - to have gotten so FIRMLY on the bad side of a psychopath....
Many people have the bad fortune to encounter bad people. It doesn't make them guilty by association. High stakes money gathers bad players. Running into one occasionally is inevitable. Getting on the hit list for one of them... actually speaks incredibly WELL of Rich.
I think the fly in this ointment is that Dr. Gil Amelio isn't part of VPLM. He didn't build a long and brilliant career in order to sully his name by having it linked to a "scam" - especially with leaving a well-publicized but "bogus" offer hanging out there with his name all over the press, and making no efforts to correct said information -
Was he paid off? Blackmailed over his secret involvement in international drug cartels? Did someone know something he didn't want released? LOL - Now, who is selling fantasy scripts to hollywood? -
Sorry, that tale, as interesting as it might be - holds water like a broken glass - GLTU
Well written reasoning and reasonable questions - thank you.
I feel that you are correct - the "this is all a scam" narrative doesn't hold water - for the reasons you stated, and many more.
As far as being an IR guy - I can tell you that I, myself, have been in marketing director positions with Fortune 100 companies who lied to their frontline people, and we all ended up - having done our jobs truthfully and professionally, with egg on our faces when the truth came out. It was as much news to us, as our customers. That happens all the time. If Rich were on the BOARD of a ponzi scheme, it would be a very different story.
The Avatar thing with Cameron - Well - I've met Cameron - did business with his brother, and know people in his circles. Let's just say, a day one of trial non-disclosure payoff to prevent the public record of testimony that could taint a blockbuster film was in EVERYONE's best interest. Studios, writers, producers - and most of all Cameron himself. Not a bit surprising. Happens a lot in Hollywood.
Barbara selling shares? Gee, I don't know - waiting for a decade +, not getting any younger, to enjoy some of the fruits of an effort like this? For all we know, Emil's pissed about it - but what we do know is that it's a drop in the bucket compared to what the two of them together have in the coffers.
The big red flags that a few here keep beating to death are easily, and rationally explained. Not so the big questions of logic: Is WACO in on the scam? The PTAB? The Defendents? Santa Claus? It's silly, really, when one looks at the ACTUAL facts and sees past the exaggerated fears - to keep playing the broken record of "the sky is falling! This is a scam!" - IMHO
Try 20 years.. And there is so much more than one could possibly read, if one possibly had nothing to do but the time and inclination to do it. GLTU -
Thoughts on crystal balls and preparing investors for what is happening... Did Rich let something out of the bag? Hmmm, unless you were privy to the convo - I'd say, it depends on context. We have lots of new investors who think that "This is IT! The BIG ONE!" No - not likely - not on the 606 patent, and not with this one infringer. Was there wisdom in tempering expectations ahead of what some think will be an instant run to $1. (it won't - but that doesn't mean that it can't point us there and give us a shove)
BUT this settlement IS likely a cornerstone foundational move that is setting up the board for the rest of the plays. I've never seen a chess game won in a single move - but I have definitely seen one won strategically with a number of well-calculated moves.
Till then - no sense worrying about who caused what short-term movement... let's cast our eyes downfield.... and overseas - remember, this big ol' globe is a whole lot larger than the USA. We forget that sometimes...
It's only a paper loss till you sell. Hold my friend... that's my motivation here - to help those who have had faith NOT to lose it now. Oh what a grand opportunity to peel otherwise locked down shares out of the hands of the longs! They aren't getting any of mine to make quick little short term profits! GLTU
If you believe that Emil and his wife only hold about 4 million shares ("1/3 of her total"), friend - we might want to revisit basic math. Selling a teensy, negligible fraction of one's shares in order to (very likely) take advantage of timing in a cash real estate transaction... or liquidate a substantial down payment required - (her million-plus condo is currently for sale - so that's a solid assumption) - is hardly an indicator of a panic, or insider sale!
Rather than consider that she might be trying to salvage a relatively tiny bit of cash, knowing something we don't... why not consider that KNOWING what she does, she feels that a timely sacrifice of 1.3 million shares is negligible, and a drop in the bucket compared to what lies ahead!
I have plenty of shares - and I'm buying more.
Well - people need fast cash for all sorts of reasons. I can say that the address given as her residence is currently for sale for $1,950,000 and the next open house is May 20th - So, it would appear that she/they who knows(?) - is moving, perhaps needed funds to buy the next place??? The numbers work - and this makes sense. I doubt it is anything scandalous or "insider" in nature - and more than likely, a matter of cash flow necessary to make a move. People are more than stockholders - they are people with lives, doing things. This is a drop in the bucket, and maybe with an intention of buying back the position (maybe) in the same market range once the current place sells??? Or not. It's not like these were their last bunch of shares! https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25417154/3204-1211-melville-street-vancouver
I also find it auspicious that Perkins Coie is representing both, and the fact that we are in this court. PC is one of the best firms in the world, and not a bunch of hacks. They have over 1000 lawyers. The firm retains it's reputation and reach because of the standards it protects. This is not a firm that tolerates losing. PC is not given to counseling it's clients to pursue foolhardy positions and just "see what happens". If they are at the bargaining table, it isn't an act of charity or good will - it's because a fine firm has studied the lay of the land and has concluded that there is more to be lost, than won, in being intractably stubborn at this point in time.
Go VPLM
The days of long instant runs on potentially very good news are behind us - for some good reasons. The pool of investors here are primarily longs, who have weathered many, many storms, lots of "seems like almosts" - only to have the stock return to pre-excitement levels.
Such is the education/learning curve of hotly debated IP litigation. But what makes this stock special is that at the FOUNDATION - we have some extremely strong points: Try as they May - Apple and all of the major silicon valley giants have FAILED to put an end to VPLM. And OH have they tried.
Yet PTAB, and actual IP experts continually validate and re-validate these patents.
Yes - using all of the might and political insidership (shouldn't be a thing, but it undeniably is) in the Northern Cal District courts - Apple had some success using dirty tricks that shut down VPLM arguments before even giving them a basic hearing.
NOW - and in large part - DUE to an intense hatred of Patent-owner abuses in NCDA, we have a champion of a Judge in Waco, whose life's work is largely dedicated to seeing that Patent Litigation is handled fairly and even-handedly.
We've never looked for an unfair advantage - Just a proper hearing. Is that so much to ask?
Apparently so, in NCDA
So, likely, we'll continue to see small runs, smacking of tired, but fervent hope - spiked temporarily by daytraders who love to play with a stock that's moving for short term gains - then returning to an ever-increasing status quo level - right up till that moment when, inevitably at this point, the details of a settlement agreement are made public - at which point, I anticipate a sharp, long-term and almost instant rise in the pps, creating a new "baseline" - from which all new gains will be measured, as additional infringers read the writing on the wall and fall in line - or a buyout, likely from one of the largest infringers, takes place - in which case, shares will likely be frozen, and monetized.
If this were a "fake" ... "troll"... etc., the opportunity for that to be proven has long since come and gone. The question is: How much can you spare, right now, for a no-brainer that might take a little time? IMHO
Make that a hot .09 and RISING RAPIDLY stock, "Mr. Sassy Pants author of this wholly inaccurate POS article" - and ask Amazon what it thinks about this "Patent Troll" :) LOL - I'm thinking about going into the kitchen, and eating a big juicy APPLE.
Agreed - stocks go up and down during a run - however the news that caused the movement is far from over, and is, in fact, the MOST BULLISH indicator that we have seen in the entire history of this stock. Remember when we "thought" all was good, when we won, spectacularly, the PTAB smack down of Apples IPRs? We ran to .45 overnight. Well, a lot of investors were new to IP litigation, and didn't realize that there was WAY MORE to these lawsuits than prevailing at PTAB.
But we have NEVER, ever, been at a place where both sides have ACKNOWLEDGED in a legal filing that settlement talks are in the works with an Agreement in Principle already reached. That's Huge.
Yes - many here have been burned, by jumping to conclusions at early stages before. So the pps has, since that time, hesitated to fully run on good news. But, seriously - this isn't just "well we're doing well right now with the cases" - THIS is a settlement talk. IMHO the first of MANY. This is the first movement of a domino effect potentially. And we all know how satisfying it is to watch those dominoes TUMBLE.
I don't think it will play out like that. There are a lot of possibilities - The talks could be a company buyout, in which case, shares may be frozen, then converted involuntarily. A licensing agreement could happen - which will, predictably increase and stabilize the stock price, and many will take profits, but others will buy in, including institutional investors, betting on a vast field of other infringers who may fall in line. A large player, if not Amazon, perhaps who wishes to acquire other smaller companies who are on the naughty list could choose to try a buyout to use the patents as leverage.... so many possibilities - virtually all of them amazing! Go VPLM
The company itself is currently like a holding company for the patents. The patents were developed by a team of engineers and some of the top names in this field. Emil Malak was involved with this team and these patents from day one. Therefore, Voip-Pal is not a "patent troll" that simply acquired some patents and is involved in litigating them. Rather, these were developed long ago, in conjunction with Emil's efforts. Fighting this long arduous battle does not require numerous employees. Instead, lawyers and consultants are paid, keeping payroll to a minimum.
I was involved in the very early days - while these patents were in process, so, I speak from experience, not hearsay. I hope that helps -
No, not exactly. If it were a RUMOR - then I would agree with you. However, settlement talks, agreed in principle that resolve ALL of the outstanding issues, currently in progress was signed, and filed with the court as a JOINT motion by both plaintiffs and defendants. There's no sand in that. The question, obviously, is: WHAT will that settlement look like - and will it materialize into a written agreement, or will the court have to intervene?
One thing I WILL say - having been here since Day ONE: We have never, ever, been in this position before.
Actually - it's not the court who authored that. It would have come from the moving papers - the joint motion that would be signed by both plaintiffs and defendents then filed with the court and presented to the judge for his approval. So, I say that's even MORE powerful that both parties agreed to put forth this language. The fact that a settlement resolving all issues is in the works cannot be disputed as fact, according to BOTH sides of this lawsuit.
Having more $$ and intention to invest more, perhaps I shoot myself in the foot by reminding folks of the value here... however - here' goes. As folks are still licking their imaginary wounds from the run-up and (anticipated) retraction. (I say imaginary, because unless one was silly enough to sell, one has lost nothing) - let's not forget who we're dealing with, and why we are still here.
The NDCA Koh fiasco was nothing short of criminal (IMHO) in the sense that these very technical patents were put in front of a judge who neither had the intellectual capacity to understand them, nor the inclination to bother to do so. We never got to a proper hearing of ANYTHING before she took a classless, and cheap exit stage right at the FIRST opportunity to get this off her plate. When the big boys all prefer - STRONGLY - one court where they win regularly with cheap and dirty tricks, over another court where they actually have to plead cases on merit... One has to wonder why.
Based on his responses and ruling below:
https://casetext.com/case/voip-palcom-v-t-mobile-us-inc-1
We can safely assume that Judge Albright - Whose name says it all: ALL BRIGHT - one of the brightest minds of any Jurist regarding IP Litigation in the field - period .... Was Not Amused.
I fully believe that we will get a full and proper hearing in Waco. I also believe that had we been able to get a full and proper hearing in NCDA before someone who was not either corrupt, or a barely functioning imbecile in these matters - things would be very different for all of us today.
Keep the faith. For the love of Mike - KEEP your shares!
I don't know.. Maybe because the CEO LIVES in Canada? By the way - what exactly does one have against Canada? Some of the wealthiest investors in the world. The 13th most Billionaires of any Country in the World.
Ok - so who wants 2 cents? My 2 cents, that is - based on well over a decade (is it two already??) of VPLM. Can these patents and this stock be the kind of life-changing rags to riches, seemingly overnight (though, it's been a long damned night) kinda thing?
Yes - a fair to middlin' chance, at a minimum. The patent world, if you are paying attention, is fraught with sinkholes and catches. Every time you think you've hit a home run - somebody comes along and calls it a "foul ball" after the play is done. But - and this is a big BUT -(not Kardashian-sized, but respectable) if you've been following along - this opportunity - being, finally, in front of a Judge who has a hard-won reputation for fairness, and cutting through the insider - tech world - backroom deal fraud (yes I said it, and I mean it) Washington-level nonsense that happens when Billions are at stake for major players - THIS chance for a fair hearing at last in Judge Albright's court is the best possible outcome that we can hope for.
And, YES - it has the potential to swing for the bleachers. Baseball anyone? This would make me exceptionally happy, and undoubtedly retired.
ALSO, a possibility - is that it fails. And if it does, in Albright's court -it has failed, spectacularly, in a very permanent way, IMHO. I don't see digging out of that. Also IMHO - there will be additional interest, speculation and the stock garnering attention from institutional investors at a certain level, which can be reasonably anticipated between now and the trial dates. I'll tell you MY strategy. Since you've asked so nicely. I'm splitting my position. I have a position that will make me ungodly wealthy if Plan A happens. I also have a respectable position which I plan to liquidate somewhere north of .29 which will make me quite happy, and I fully expect this will happen, at a minimum. Because it's happened before - with less information, history and excitement. Again IMHO - not stock advice - just my long view. Longs have seen and felt the UPS and the DOWNS. This stock will never perform on technicals - but it has a history of performing on news and events. Buckle up Buttercup - and hedge your bets, because.... in the MOVIE - my part gets played by: Julia Roberts.
Yes - thank you for providing that interview. Judge Albright is brilliant. Patent law is difficult and tedious. It's an area of law that many/most courts dread because of the sheer redundancy of often highly technical information beyond one's skillset. Judge Albright savors these cases, understands them and doesn't fear them. He's installed a fast-lane in Texas that makes IPRs irrelevant and a waste of time - because the entire POINT of an IPR is to circumvent and speed up a process (in the courts) which is typically less efficient. The opposite is true in his courtroom. Try that crap in Northern Ca - Y'all ain't pulling that nonsense in Albright's courtroom. :)
Happy to see the recent movement here! I've been watching quietly, continually gathering. Apologies - my brain is far too engaged in another highly technical project - but - I'm not gone - just silent. IMHO this stock doesn't fit my idea of normal investment criteria, and hard and fast investment rules of thumb due to the very specific and unique features of the nature of this litigation. Virtually everything related to value here hinges on a legal environment in constant flux. It's a Company that one really needs to know and understand the story, the history and the specific players involved. Taking a LONG TERM view - meaning going all the way back to American Casting - it's hard to argue that this Company and stock isn't incredibly resilient. For such a little "David" - Goliath has had one HELL of a time slaying him! Staying, gathering - betting on a resolution sooner rather than later - My 2 Cents.
Not actually.
On Appeal, if you listened to the entire hearing you will find that there was a split decision, and one which took things back to the courtroom. In that hearing, if you listen, you will hear Apple's counsel basically admit that there was an error made in the initial filings (not done by Hudnell, but rather by Malek) that was a technicality, on which their position hinged.
Hudnell did not make that same error in the new case - and it IS a new case - because it involves a unique and separate patent, which must, therefore, be evaluated on it's own merits and the merits of the case actually before the court. Regardless of what has gone before.
Patent law is about gamesmanship, language, descriptions and checking all the boxes in a complex and highly technical pursuit. There is no "waving a hand" and magically dismissing the entire concept. Why do you think she wants ADR? If she could just procedurally dismiss without any further effort, do you not believe, based on what we've already seen of her attitude, that she simply would?
We shall see.
And I would normally ask you many things as well, as I have, many, many times, but have gotten no intelligible response. We are at an impasse, friend - No, I do not accept your dismissal, nor casual characterization of the nature and depth of PTAB, or the significance of it's function. I am in good company in that, including some of the top minds in intellectual property in the world. We disagree - no surprise there.
I'm disappointed - as we should all be - in the current state of our legal system in America. It's indicative of an America problem - however, it is not indicative of a Patent Law problem. Quite clearly, these patents have been explored, validated, reviewed, explored again, and once again, re-validated by the experts who set the standards for such things.
12 Times.
So the fact that our American court system (gasp, surprise) errs on the side of offering any twisted, unjust advantage to the GIGANTIC contributors to political PACS - ie Silicon Valley - comes as no particular surprise.
"ALICE" - the convoluted, screwed up, non-sensical means of making sense of complex definitions in patent cases makes absolutely no sense, whatsoever in any other civilized nation's set of patent laws and measurement devices.
It is fraud - corrupt fraud, perpetrated upon the American people and flying in the very face of the core concept of American innovation.
So - where do we go from here? If Lady Liberty has given us the boot? Perhaps there are other venues to explore outside of our borders. Does not Europe and Asia, Africa and Australia... etc. contain literally BILLIONS of telecommunication users that are not subject to US patent law limitations?
Perhaps it is time to dust off the possibilities, scale expectations, and look more seriously at offers outside the US that would monetize these patents on a scale that makes sense for someone in the position to take on the task of patent litigation and prosecution of infringement in venues where protecting innovation still matters. The value is not zero. It may not be $1.00 per share - but it is most, assuredly, not .01 per share, either.
"That comment was specifically in relation to VPLM's kitchen-sink-O-claims-and-cases lobbed aimlessly at the defendants.
It has been the defendants and multiple judge's opinion all of these are the same. VPLM is trying to use a scatter gun and hope to luck out and manage to zing someone with one of the random pile of crap they're flinging."
That's not even close to being true or valid. What a smear campaign! Patent law on technology is NECESSARILY Complex. It requires an in depth amount of technical knowledge to comprehend - something that Koh lacks. Something that Judge Albright specializes in. Something that the PTAB is ALL ABOUT - and, with deep review, and numerous revisits - has VALIDATED - and YES - Against 101 - again, and again. Lucy doesn't enjoy Patent Law. Her circus of a courtroom makes that abundantly clear.
She keeps a 3 ring circus going on, on purpose - because it benefits her special clients - the local Silicon Valley crowd. I'd love to look at her portfolio.
You want case management and a deep understanding of Patent claims - you need to get to a court where such languages are spoken.
Looking at the entire 42 page order signed by Virginia DeMarchi, The original verbiage on these modified orders below was lined through:
Outside attorneys of record for the Parties are hereby authorized to be the
persons who may retrieve confidential exhibits and/or other confidential matters filed with the Court
upon termination of this litigation without further order of this Court, and are the persons to whom
And replaced with this:
[color=red]Materials filed with the Court shall be disposed of in compliance with the normal records disposition policy of the United States Courts. See Civil L.R. 79-5(g).[/color][color=red][/color]
And at the end of the order, this was added to the original orders:
Q. If the parties are unable to resolve any disputes concerning the discovery or disclosure of information designated under this Protective Order, they shall comply with the discovery dispute procedures outlined in Judge DeMarchi's Standing Order for Civil Cases, which requires, among other things, that such disputes be brought by joint discovery letter, rather than by noticed motion. To the extent other provisions of this Protective Order suggest that such matters may be brought by motion, those other provisions are deemed void.
Question - do you have any speculation on why Apple would want to insert this very specific language at this point in time?
Also - Is there any consequence or implied ramifications that Apple made the move to effectively add their new lawsuit, Case 5:20-cv-02460 filed in April asking for declaratory relief from Judge Koh (after the suit was already filed in Waco) to these existing orders/stipulations for the previous related lawsuits? Could that be a move that argues that these suits are all connected and inseparable from each other? Do you see Apple arguing that this move - signed off on, by the original referring Judge serves to combine the cases, in an effort to keep them in NCDA?
Same - I would think it beneath her and not in the best interests of her career to be arbitrary and capricious - however, it is not "off the table" to wonder if there are other factors influencing her rulings.... One must always consider the possibility -
I would find it hard to believe that Judge Koh might, without the benefit of hearing, based upon the moving papers decide that she, indeed has jurisdiction over the '872 patent. On October 18, 2018 the following happened:
October 18, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 38 ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned to Judge Lucy H. Koh for all further proceedings pursuant to Notice of Pendency of Action Involving Same Patent (U.S. Patent No. 8,542,815 (the 815 patent), and its continuation patent, U.S. Patent No. 9,179,005 (the 005 patent.) This case is assigned to a judge who participates in the Cameras in the Courtroom Pilot Project. See General Order 65 and http://cand.uscourts.gov/cameras. Judge Edward J. Davila no longer assigned to the case. Reassignment Order signed by Executive Committee on 10/18/2018. (Attachments: #1 Notice of Eligibility for Video Recording)(bwS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/18/2018)
Notice that the '872 patent is not amongst this assignment. To state that this particular court holds jurisdiction over a separate patent, not included in the cases originally referred to her court, simply because it concerns similar functions and claims - from the same litigants is kind of like telling Disney that they must litigate intellectual property rights about one film, in the same court room as a case where a similar matter, on a different film, on a separate filing, was decided. That isn't the essence and nature of our court system. If the litigants all decided to agree - that is one matter. However, clearly they do not stipulate to this. Therefore, I would be surprised if, without so much as a hearing date, Judge Koh makes a ruling to both assert jurisdiction and dismiss this case, without the further benefit to Voip-Pal to demonstrate why the case is not the same. She is a Judge, afterall, Not a Queen.
Considering the volume here over the past few days, which, naturally, predictably, was curtailed after the necessary stays were put in place, so that the frivolous gamesmanship of motions being placed, knowingly, in the wrong venue (Lucy Koh's) - to create yet another delay - it would seem rather obvious that far greater support is lurking just beyond the veil of the timing of court hearings.
Investors are, quite predictably, biding their time, knowing that it's highly unlikely that anything significant will happen between now and Nov 5th, and then some... (however, could discover the folly of that in a number of ways) - and they stand at the ready to jump back in, hoping for a return to .01's and lower....
I don't think it's going to happen. Not with everything that is in play, and the showing of the hands (volume) - indicating ongoing and new interest...
Invest now - invest often, and hold, hold, hold. my friends. How's that for Nostradamus Friday?
You read my mind. Accumulating shares, as opposed to wasting time battling windmills.
Bravo! It's clear here that the Voip-Pal case is about significantly more than the shareholders and patents-in-suit. While, nobody here should disagree - that is, in fact, the primary issue to this board - There is a far deeper issue here, and that is with the state of our patent system and the puzzlingly inconsistent way that the laws are both written and applied.
I had hoped that a President who claims to value US innovation, and ingenuity would understand the need to get his house in order in this respect - sadly, I don't see the focus from the top happening in the very area that could stand to make a difference in the ability for the US to reclaim it's spot amongst the world community of producers of domestic goods.
Go Hudnell - Perhaps in a post pandemic era, with a renewed push towards "buy American", and a need for innovation, David may have a fighting chance against the patent Goliaths in this country....
There's no news. There is ZERO news. Good or bad. Just manipulation and panic for no reason. Just like the world outside your windows. Keep Calm and Carry On. Like we haven't seen this like a dozen times before...
I don't believe in coincidence...
Yet ANOTHER Co-Author signed on to H.R. 3666 Stronger Patent Act yesterday...
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3666/all-info
The Tides of Change are rolling in Strong -
Preview of Oral Arguments:
Koh: I stand by my decisions
Hudnell: Lucy...You Got some 'Splaining to do!
Curtains close.
No it is not - and One with THIS record does not take on a loser - betting on the come.
Simply.Doesn't.Happen.
Agreed - on every point.
Attorneys in the category of Lewis Hudnell NEVER would risk touching a case like this if he were not: HIGHLY convinced of it's merit
ABSOLUTELY Comfortable with the particulars, legalities, position and legitimacy of the proposition and players involved
He has EVERYTHING to lose - not only his highly valued time, but more importantly, a PLATINUM reputation, on which he depends -
What does poor little, relatively light-funded, penny stock level Voip-Pal have to offer a Lewis Hudnell except the relative certainty of a landmark success?
You don't have to answer that folks - We all know: Precisely Nothing.
It is incredulous to even assert that the unlikely involvement of an attorney of Lewis Hudnell's level is anything less than promising.
The writing is on the wall. Lewis can read it.
Thanks GBC - Sure it's the holidays. Sure - there were investors who had hoped that Santa was bringing goodies for the stockings this year...But these things take time. Can something new (and inevitable btw - imho) coming out of Europe or Asia show up at any time? Are we inching closer - (again - inevitably), to major Supreme Court or Congressional news which untangles this untenable mess in the US, which is currently, and very dangerously impacting US production and innovation??? Absolutely. Which is why smart investors with a sizeable position: HOLD. And take the opportunity of lows to gather more.
But to lose hope during the PREDICTABLE stages of patent prosecution in the US, and throw in the towel? That makes as much sense as getting bummed out in Nascar when your favorite car makes...wait for it.. A LEFT TURN.