Good Evening all.
I am glad all are well and happy.
In the big picture, this was to be expected wasn’t it.
Yes we have had our share of naysayers, they will be gone.
Some questions have been asked… lets try to stay on the same page here boys and girls.
Bungie instituted the PTAB/Hail Mary. Not Activision (on paper)
World’s Inc v Activision Inc is only on hold and technically has zero to do With anything in Washington DC as we have a docket number, a pending case and a judge waiting to be sure that there is really something to rule on. Lets face it, she handed off and wanted someone else to do the dirty work, if there was no protection/patent then in reality there was nothing for her to rule on. case closed...
Once the PTAB ruled in the minimum 6 claims out of 54 we were always going back, the ONLY question has been with how many claims.
It only takes 1 claim.
Now back to the upcoming decision.
This ONLY affects Bungie v Worlds. THAT’S IT.
You can say it affects Activision but right now really, really technically it only legally affects Bungie as they instituted suit trying to be a white knight to an industry and now caused more problem in reality.
Bungie has now opened the door BIGTIME against themselves. They will be hard pressed to not beg WORLDS to settle. I think the frustration came through in the language used by the former attorney in his response. They wanted to settle I think and worlds was telling them to go scratch, because they were/are on the same hook for the 6 claims as well.
Activision will try to settle quickly if we get the claims back we went to the CAFC with. It would I think be too much to overcome. A jury with a 2 week trial with a glazed look of confusion of jurors over the technicalities is at some point going to say OMG if they did all this to little Worlds Inc. and then will come, the damages plus treble here is provable without a doubt. Bungie now has three issues…
1-The arrears in % and damages on when they made the game and until
they got it back from activision.
2-The current in % and damages seeing as they have Destiney and others.
3-Treble damages.
I mean even if Destiny made 500 million first 5 days of release approximately, add on the expansions and 14 to 16 million subscribers and in game play, oh and The sequels, so how much all in all 800 mill, 1 billion.. avg 5% royalties and a**hole tax
Your talking $50 to $150 million ($1 to $3 a ashare right there solely) all at once or structured, that’s just little ol’ Bungie, oh And what about future because its based on the original,
I would love to go back into court about the, them saying oh the patents ran out, we saying yes, buy you couldn’t have a sequel With out the original, who knows but that’s just bungie…
4- Then there’s Activision re: Destiney, they are gonna scream they had no idea bungie tricked us they are gonna say.
5- Then, All the other Activision games, WOW (world of warcraft, is world wide and brings in billions a year, then HALO, etc, etc in game buys, ,an o man…
Bungie and Activision made (and that attorney was dead right) Billions and Billions and that’s ok, But now its time to pay the royalties and treble. Or buy us out at an equivalent of $7.50 a share.
I’ll let them of the hook for that.
Personally here, if anyone bails out at less then $5.00 a share, your crazy, this is a lifetime changer. Take some profit at $4.50, a little more at $5.00 then let it ride out. But that me.
Now back to the PTAB.
The PTAB here like I said has to consider RPI first, I have said it all along RPI HAS to come first. Nothing else matters if IF – bungie should never have been allowed to file due to the existing ongoing business relationship agreement agreed to by both companies attorneys. I always said if what the bungie attorney said was true – that the contract was really evidence in their favor then why did they not rely on it as evidence from day one. THEY LIED plain and simple.
I am not sure we get all the claims back if it come to estopple I think we may get claims back litigated up to the CAFC but not what was left out, just in case the CAFC failed we still had the other claims (6) to fall back upon. I am guessing here but we may go back with 15 to 30 claims. Again you only need 1.
For those that argued with me about treble damages, your either on board and understand now and are ready for rewards after a hard fought battle to retake the castle or you were a paid hack and will not be back.
The PTAB in recent rulings and it includes ours. Is resetting the ground rules moving forward, to both make it plain and clear how to file, if to file, why to file, should you file. They will make swift work upcoming of those filing any PTAB claims. With that said I need to remind everyone here that no matter the outcome of the PTAB here, we will most likely be back there many times.
Do not forget, Activision made a mistake of huge proportions legally by not going to the PTAB themselves yes and now they will pay dearly.
Bungie has NO PLACE TO GO now, they are looking at every possible solution here, hell they may offer to but our worlds.
BUT, BUT, BUT… everyone we intend to sue will most likely try to go back to the PTAB. They have a right too and very well may do so, either as a tactic to delay or to argue their product does not infringe.
While yes the PTAB has ruled on the VALIDITY on X number of claims god willing many, the question of did X companies software really violate the patents in play.
I am not saying they will win, all I am saying is they can file to the PTAB again.
I would be shocked if Worlds does not move its main/home office to Texas. The infringement cases down there, wow, if your found to have infringed upon someone’s patents- wow- big big awards, its like stealin’ someone’s cattle down there. Maybe we stay in Boston, who knows. Its just a guess we may move to a friendlier jurisdiction.
I am curious, EXTRMELY curious now, to see what the PR says
I am curious to see if the words uplist or Nasdaq are used
I am curious to see if WDDDs becomes larger so as to not rely solely on lawsuit but perhaps building CASH the other company or if there are still plans to expand WDDD. Uplist will mean a minimum $4.00 stock price for X weeks, PR will be interesting as far as what expansion moving forward.
And just an FYI - the above will become totally, completely, without a doubt meaningless if Activision or bungie buy us out. – I just pray its not for just a couple of bucks and a comfy contract and board seat.
I am truly hoping for the uplist $4.00 to $6.00 $8.00 range.
The PR release may give guidance as to what the next steps are, and the next board meeting could be interesting.
Anyway, I am thrilled for Thom.
I am happy that we stood firm and we all sweated it out, like myself, I could have used the money I put into WDDD after my last accident, I really could have, but we, like many of you had faith.
God bless all,
For once, for just once, maybe, we get to smile.
Anyway, just my honest opinion…
As other I would like to hear from some of my fellow longs, patent, data, etc.
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