There are far more patents validated then there are valuable patents. I believe this is the difference in veiw points. A patent by itself is worthless unless it is marketable. VPLM has patents. They are independently valuing these patents at what would be the one of most valuable inventions ever created. Yet they have not chosen to market these patents, instead going straight to the courts. In my opinion, were these patents as valuable as the company, ceo, and shareholders let on, finding a partner without litigation would be simple. Let the Blue Chip aquiering company pay for litigation. These are the logical steps to not only avoid a long drawn out process that VPLM can not afford without mass dilution. Because this step was not taken, or wasn't an option to be taken, I question the motives behind this litigation. If this was settled right away, prior to OS exploding to where it is now, VPLM shareholders would have benefited. Since these companies being sued didn't settle early, and decided to take this to litigation changed the management's strategy. At this point, they started marketing the David vs Goliath, "patience is a virtue" mantra to shareholders. Brilliant. Knowing that these cases can take an extreme amount of time, in my opinion, VPLM started raising funds via dilution. Lawyers cost money. I get that. But to pay extremely high salaries and bonuses on the shareholders dime before any revenue has arrived is blatantly wrong. Ask yourself, if you were on the board of a company that was going to be worth billions and billions soon?... Would you feel the need or desire to spend loyal shareholder funds on bonuses while the company still has work to be done and court battles to be won prior to any monetization? These are a few of the reasons I'm skeptical about this company and it's future valuations. But my opinion, like anyone else's should not matter. Glta
