go a very long way in gaining some credibility among shareholders
Really? The fact that Candy and Tucker have spent 10+ years, putting a huge amount of effort in seeing these patents through. That doesn't show any credibility that they believe in these patents?
I'm pretty sure all of the BOD already have enough shares that if this thing hits, they will already be rolling in it. So to me, their time means more than them buying more shares.
They could each buy 10M shares tomorrow and it still wouldn't tell us anything different. We already know they believe in these patents and they are willing to fight for them.
The BOD buying shares doesn't tell us if they will win against the IPR or if they will win in court. They believe they will, but I already know that.
In summary, the BOD buying more shares, wouldn't tell me anything I don't already know. Those who don't think the BOD already believes in these patents 100%, need to do more DD.