NetList Inc (NLST)

[mikeg2]

I’m no legal expert but after 3 years of reading and going back and forth on this very issue my understanding is:

- the PTAB rulings have a lower standard of evidence than the circuit court rulings and verdicts in the case of trials

- because of this lower standard , circuit court rulings have a higher weight than PTAB

- this does not mean of course that PTAB rulings are meaningless. If we win them the odds of a quicker settlement go up significantly . If we lose them , it means settlements might be significantly postponed and we end up with appeals based on PTAB . This adds time to eventually getting resolution thru the courts . Which is why our pps is in the tank ….. the market hates uncertainties and long time lines

I don’t know if this helps you , but there’s lots of more knowledgeable folks on here and ST who will weigh in on this .

These PTAB decisions really, really suck because they literally make no sense given that the same government body that approved a patent , now , in almost 80% of the cases invalidates them when challenged by big pocket big tech .

They are not however the end of the road .

Netlist still has plenty of gas in the tank on all 3 of the big infringers.