The Markman will validate the patent, pending TM's appeal to federal court, which in itself can take several years. The Markman will not assign a dollar value, assuming we win. Meanwhile, the suit against TM will proceed next March. I do not know what would happen if CLYW wins the suit while TM is appealing the Markman. People, the world of law is dispassionate -- it's strictly a dollars game. TM must calculate how to shed the fewest dollars as this goes forward. They know that for every month that passes if the Markman goes against them, they face an ever greater chance of having to pay us more money, esp. treble damages plus interest if we win the suit next spring. To TM, paying us $500M is just not that big a deal (let alone its parent German company, DT) but they can be expected to fight until they make the decision that they don't want to gamble losing even more money when the dust settles. And the above assumes that Diac doesn't pull another fast one and hang the rest of us shareholders out to dry.
