There is a lot of speculation on this. Does anyone with Patent litigation expirience have some facts?
Lets assume that Google has created a "work around".
Arent they saying that it is the Patentor's (VRNGO) responsibility to show that the the new system still infringes?
They have cited numerous case law regarding "work Arounds", "running Royalties", "sunset royalties", payment protocol, etc, etc...
and they state that Vringo has not been interested in looking into their work around after being notified that they have 1 in place now.
I gotta say.....I dont like this 1 bit, and Im extremely nurvous about the amount of money I have in this now. I think that most of us have more money in this than we would normally invest in a certain stock. Most are like me in that we are in the Red (3.45 average for me).
Hindsight, the judge really screwed things up with Laches....and the Jury further screwed this up with the 15.8 mill instead of 158 mill.
This whole thing could come crumbling down around us.
Even if the judge awards 3.5, 5, or 7% RR until Patent expires.....we wont see any of that money until after Appeals Court??? Yet some on this board have suggested that Google still has to pay while in Appeals??? Yet Seaking Alpha writer states that they don't?
Microsoft may decide to drag this out for another year to see how the Appeals play out. A gamble on their part....but, could prove to be very smart if Google comes out unscathed.
At this point, I will take any kind of small profit and move on.
I really hope this works out in our favor...
