Voip Pal Com Inc (VPLM)

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HD,
Thanks for sharing Carnac's insights.

The company says publicly that all "options are on the table" (viz. sale of company or patents, merger, capital infusion, etc.) As shareholders, we have been following the legal proceedings for years; we have to sort out facts from "rumor" or "fiction".

Company sale: Possible, but who would buy and for what price OR for what purpose? What will be a fair market value in a buyout? Is anyone of the defendants interested in the business of managing VPLM intellectual property/royalty income/licensing, like QCOM is managing their CDMA licensing for the telecom sector?

Will AMZN buy in order to control the use of VPLM technology by others like AAPL? Who will audit the technology use? Auditing could be a separate business function. Supposedly QCOM's one-third of revenue comes from royalty/licensing and they have a dedicated staff for managing the IP.

Let us assume the company succeeds in settling X billions of damages for infringement and get royalty/licensing agreements from all of the defendants in two years, what is their next step in VPLM's business plan? Do they have personnel to manage Royalty income and the related audit functions? For how many years? As old patents are nearing expiry, are they ready with child patents to continue the licensing/royalty? Does their royalty agreement allow child patents?

Please check in with Carnac and let us know his/her insights. We may not have answers.