I was a shareholder in another IP play (OPTI) that beat AAPL in court for a $20 million ruling about 6-7 years ago. So it can be done. Downside in that case was that Apple immediately appealed, and of course it was going to be 18 months or so before that appeal was heard. In the meantime AAPL didn't have to pay a dime to OPTI or in escrow for OPTI.
MARA is going to do everything they can to license so they don't have to go to court and deal with it from the perspective that OPTI did. The heat is really on AAPL to settle as their odds of winning in court seem pretty low given that all 3 of their IPR's were denied and MARA got a very favorable Markman ruling. MARA will likely end up with a license deal and from there one would think that Samsung and anyone else in the Droid category would be forced into a license agreement. Samsung has a larger chunk of the smartphone market than AAPL so that deal could be bigger.
My point is that I have seen a small company beat AAPL in court. It can be done.
On another note I haven't heard much talk about the Tire Pressure Monitoring System case over in Europe which is now in the damages phase as the ruling has already come down in our favor. This is part of the IP Liquidity portfolio that was acquired in May. I think there is a good chance that we see a ruling on this case by the end of Q3 and that it could be well north of $10 million.
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