Yes, a success at the Markman hearing is key to future success. But by itself means little. What will then become key is the ability to profit from it in our lifetimes. I don't understand how someone can say 'a successful Markman means the pps will be $2 - $3.' By what reckoning? That assumes that suddenly the patent will have an instant market value of $400M - $600M. How so? Based upon what calculations? I, too, remain optimistic but don't understand such forecasts. Ford fought the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper for 20 years until they awarded him what he had spent in legal costs. I'd like to think Daic will suddenly become our white knight and drag us all across the financial finish line. But his past behavior says otherwise. The Receiver has been a tower of nothing as far as anyone can determine.
The short version is that we know little more about what and when we are likely to receive than we did a year ago. Yes, the odds are far better than they were in 2011. I've been long on and have been adding shares of this stock since 2004 and am in, period. But the simple truth is that nearing the Markman in no way suggests that our saga will soon be over. The biggest factor will be in the internal machinations of the past and future infringers.
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