There are numerous ones but perhaps the most important question unable to be answered (unable and/or unwilling) by the pro vplm side, is the one that asks, how can it be that not a single voip service provider on the planet (within the purview of the patents) has not become froggy and leapt up to buy the patents or at least license or settle, in all these years? The silly non answer of "cuz it's cheaper to steal and use them", is so off the mark and wholly inadequate, as to barely merit mention, nevertheless been used many times. Ignorant, that is.
It's so simple to understand....
I'm as positive as can be that never in history has there never ever been a product with the value assigned to it by its owners and developers (vplm and digifonica, respectively) such as that of vplm's patent suite, especially when looked at thru the lens of its various revenue producing capabilites and attributes, ie infringement, selling, licensing, settlements, offsetting competition, stock sales, etc etc etc. In addition to above, when applied to both the named and as yet unnamed alleged infringers and in the use of the damages models that vplm published years ago and which were updated from eatlier models and probably need get further monetary updating........well.......all of that happens to easily equate to a possible and potential, but very realistic, upward of a trillion dollars, all things considered and of course, depending on just how much effort an owner of the patent wishes to and is prepared to apply.
The above established, and it has definitely been so, also never has there been a product of anything even approaching the above attributes, value wise, to be on the market or on the table, fully available for purchase.......and no voip service providers or big investors, who could see a good thing, has ever left said such immensely valuable product unbought, unlicensed or unsettled for, since all voip service providers have been clearly identified by vplm as infringers.
There is also the so far unnoted attribute of the tremendous power associated with the ownership and total control of one of the most important and popular instruments of communications, ever developed. It means that more than likely, such power over Internet communications, as well as total elimination of all competition, would eventually result in whoever became the owners, to wind up having to be broken up like ma bell was, for monopoly laws.
To all this must be added, that regardless of stealing and use of the patents in an infringement manner, can never be intelligent viewed as a cheaper and easier way to deal..........because.........very simply..........eventually, whoever is or becomes an owner, is most likely to sue for infringement sooner or later and that would result in humongous damage awards, which would not be a very fiduciary thing for potential infringers to do if they had much in the way of intelligent decision making.
So from all this, it becomes obvious, at least to me, but not limited to me, that it SIMPLY MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER, for the vplm patents to be left for years and years.......unpurchased, unlicensed and unsettled (with the possible exception of the recent purported settlement(s), of which there so far seems to be no evidence of nor of any value to the shareholders.
Conclusion: they all know full well that there is no threat to them at all and no infringement exists.
All my commentary is to be considered as my personal opinions, to which I am entitled. And there is no proof of said opinions unless I offer it in the comments.
