XpresSpa Group Inc (XSPA)

[Alphi]

why are you posting numbers from prior to 2013 when the court case was only filed in 2013..

there has already been a legal precedent set with the latches ruling in the GOOG v VRNG Case that backdated damages prior to court filing cannot be awarded.

yes VRNG have appealed that ruling but it is extremely unlikely to be overturned.. if I recall correctly Steve Kim thinks its possible and Dan R thinks its impossible.. but neither think it is probable.

any reasonable analyst worth their salt would assume that settlement talks between VRNG and MSFT will cover only the years 2013-2016 (mid 2016 if I recall correctly)

I think people are blowing the MSFT v VRNG case well out of proportion... it will only ever be a fraction of what VRNG Gets from Google et al. and same goes for any future cases against Yahoo, FB, ZTE etc... the real meat is in the GOOG v VRNG trial and everything else is just icing on top.

best guess is they get as much as 20% of what they get from GOOG etc most likely less than that given that settlements are often a meeting in the middle where each side gives some ground.

in my view anything else is PURE FANTASY.
I will be a monkeys uncle if VRNG walk away with more than $150 mill from MSFT after settling... more than likely they will get 10-20 mills up front and some small royalty percentage going forward

but hey I'm happy to stake my reputation and eat my words if I'm wrong...