Absolutely no criticality about the so called ipr wins. They were not truly wins and they certainly have never shown themselves to be critical in any way. The only thing you're correct about re: them is they were a waste of time and have not done a damn thing for the company or the shareholders. As I said many times, ea positive ipr outcome for Vplm resulted in NOTHING MORE THAN THE ORIGINAL USPTO PATENT ISSUENCES. THAT WAS THE BIRTH OF THEIR VALIDITY and the positive ipr outcomes added zero to that validity! Furthermore, patent validity says nothing about efficacy, need, value or current workability and compatability with today's systems. Repeat NOTHING! A couple years back, in the face of all ppl who like you, cannot understand this is a big NOTHING, I did an extensive search for any kind of legal acknowledgement or agreement by the courts and judges, as to the question OF VALUE OF PTAB IPR POSITIVE OUTCOMES. I WAS SPECIFIC AND PERSISTENT ABOUT IT. SOMEWHERE I HAVE THE 1 AND ONLY OPINION ON IT, WHICH I HAVE SOMEWHERE, AND IT SAID THAT THE COURTS HAVE NOT PUT FORTH ANY OPINION ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ON THE QUESTION. PROBABLY STILL THE SAME BUT I'M OPEN TO HEARING ANY OTHER COURT OPINIONS ON THE ISSUE. It's a false sense of value in the accomplishment for several reasons.
1. Nothing gained nothing lost with positive decision. USPTO already meticulously went thru all the considerations assuming they did their job.
2. As you said just stall tactics by the accused.
3. Known fact that the PTAB was corrupt from top down so their decisions are thus. meaningless. PLUS....they were they were threatened by a very important person, Sawyer, to be brought up on federal RICO charges. After that, they didn't know what to do for freaking year incl three 3 judge panels and they finally gave in to the threat then and ever since, something nkt seen with any other company and at least there would be SOME companies that would fare well. So it was the threat of major felonies that brought about the outcome. Of course, all the questions and considerations had all tees crossed and eyes dotted to make it look authentic.
4. Show 1 single court opinion anywhere anytime that addresses this and agrees with you about how allegedly critical the ipr rulings were. Not just msg board opinions.
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.
