Voip Pal Com Inc (VPLM)

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Drumming,
Any settlement of patent infringement damages will include licensing and loss of reasonable royalty income for those applications infringing patents, attorney and court expenses. THAT IS THE PATENT LAW. PERIOD! The patent law states the plaintiff is entitled to REASONABLE LOSS OF ROYALTY INCOME DUE TO INFRINGEMENT. It does not make sense to pay for the past damages but continue infringement by not licensing the patents. Don't the defendant want to STOP FUTURE infringement law suit?

Infringement damages are calculated using models and a reasonable royalty rate (Parrish, et al) for EACH AND EVERY application violating patents (phone call, video call, texting, etc.), and count the number of infringements and sum them up to get a total damage amount. It could be a huge amount. $100-200 billion? The law does not put an upper limit.

No jury trial means no chance of willful violation and triple damages. Negotiation starts with the huge amount under a threat of going to the jury trial. There will be a compromise between both parties on the final damage amount and how it will be paid: cash, stock, etc. How VPLM will structure a shareholder vote for deal approval?
If AAPL discussion has been successfully concluded, the news release could spell out the details. ... and a shareholder approval? JMO Keeping fingers crossed.

Forgot! Not clear if the current settlement covers only the MG patents. If RBR (Rating, Billing, Routing) is included the AMZN's E Commerce (online shopping, prime movies, etc.) damages will be Huuuge!