That's right. It's as simple as that. But there is an added fact that makes this simple truth so abundantly clear, as to be undeniable with no way around it & that is this:
The case of vplm patents is a very very special case... How so? In most all other patent troll cases, the patents are normally valued at millions, hundreds of millions & sometimes even multiple billions. And the importance of those patents is never something touted to be anything more than the run of the mill, with many other similar type of patents, ea with their own special differences that gives them the right to also become patents,thus you might see a can opener patent & another patent for the exact same thing except it has an added feature that makes it self cleaning, etc etc so on & so forth. The point is however, that none of them claim to be the end all be all patent that inherently eliminates all other possible patents & claims to be so fundamental, so as to lock down the technology & say that no other innovation is possible and to further state that "there is no way around that fact". And if that's not enough, to also claim that every single company and user of the base technology (in this case, voip service) is automatically an infringer, again stating there's no way around that fact, when asked (which is exactly what vplm said in a so conference call). Furthermore, it (vplm) has said, in no uncertain terms, by way of its own published parameters for calculating infringment damages, and counting the sheer number of infringes, to be upwards of a trillion dollars,easily. And to go yet even further, has said its voip technology is totally necessary to the operation of any & all voip services, no matter by whom or where. In other words, it claims that there is no other way for the vast voip industry to operate, outside of its vplm way. That is an outrageous claim & cannot be true as its illogical. VoIP technology and much of its variations & ancillary extentions of services, such as routing, billing & rating, etc, has been around since before the creation of vplm, regardless of the alleged searches for prior art. I have posted numerous examples of prior art here & no one paid attention because they don't want to pay attention, so they make believe it doesn't exist.
There's also lots of corruption inherent in the so called prior art searches done, as the results of such "searches" are a very valuable thing, depending on which side of the operation you're on. It's no wonder then, that so many patents wind up overturned. It's true that the vplm patemts had an unprecedented 12-0 record at the ptab, but then again, look how easy it was to simply ignore the well known vast corruption of the ptab?
That corruption is why it took 3 panels of judges & a full year to finally make their decisions. Plus the tossing out of the ptab boss in the 1st place for her blatant disregard of the law & of the SCOTUS. What finally brought a out those final decisions was the Sawyer letters which threatened to bring the ptab up on federal Rico statutes. Those preceeding facts alone, should show anyone that the ptab decisions are as virtuous as an apology from the likes of the Jeffrey Dahmers, AL Capones or Unibombers of the world.
And yet, with zero qualms, those with vested interests in vplm patemts have long touted how ultimately undefeatable the vplm patemts are, in the long run, albeit an insufferable long run (close to 20 yrs of zip, nada, nothing in terms of value).
The bottom line of all above, is that no matter how many companies out there are claimed to be simply ripoffs of others technology, it is simply illogical to assume that ALL of them are and that they all think the same as if being part of some borg-like hive mentality, regarding whether it's better overall, to steal the tech or to pay for it via purchase or licensing. Common sense dictates they wouldn't all be thieves and all think it's in the best fiduciary interest of their shareholders. And that is not to mention the utterly vast wealth that would come to them if they owned the patents & went after the infringes, an endeavor that would rake in billions of dollars in the years to come and not just in the infringment damages dollars, but clearly also in the elimination of all competition, by virtue of owning the patents. It's absurd to think that no big voip companies or other big investors, would not & could not see that the value in doing so, would vastly outdo the value of what revenues the stolen tech brings them in the meantime. The windfall from those 2 things is something that no intelligent company could possibly ignore & hope for the best, in avoiding the inevitable future infringment damages, sure to eventually come their way. Don't forget, we're talking hundreds of billions of dollars to tap,
for years to come...
All of the above is predicated on one single thing... That the patents are ALL they've been cracked up to be by the great vplm storytellers!
When all the avoidance & delays are finally past & the trials (if no one decides to settle) have reached the point of discovery, the "ALL THAT factor will start to break down & breakaway & this big fairytale will begin to fade into oblivion, same as most all the rest of the otc, micro cap,"big story" plays do.
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