Replies to post #44546 on Greenshift Corporation (GERS)

[Dutch1]

Very interesting article on the way Settling a lawsuit works:

http://www.finnegan.com/resources/articles/articlesdetail.aspx?news=85b2ec0d-1a07-48db-9ef5-3e4c2bdc27a2

It's mostly written from how a defendant needs to look at it, however you can also look at it from the patentee's side.

If the patent owner’s attorneys are working for a contingency fee, then the lawsuit is costing the patent owner little because the attorneys are bearing the risk of collecting nothing if the patentee loses. The longer the litigation lasts, the greater the cost and risk to contingency-fee attorneys, so sometime they can become your allies.

Settlements Usually Occur Before or After a Big Decision

Could this be KK's wedding? LOL :-D

Courts also know that the pressures of impending deadlines may move the parties toward settlement, so the courts may not give the parties a long delay.

And a lot more interesting stuff...

http://www.finnegan.com/resources/articles/articlesdetail.aspx?news=85b2ec0d-1a07-48db-9ef5-3e4c2bdc27a2

[nobody12378]

It is a rhetorical question but an important one: Who is paying Steven B. Pokotilow? Is he working on contingency? Since he is now representing C&C on the inequitable conduct ruling is he being paid by C&C? If none of these, where is the money coming from, who is the sugar daddy? Same question keeps arising as GERS/KK haven't floated enough shares in the past nine months for a decent retainer for Steven B. Pokotilow, not to mention paying the small debt holders or other bills.

As for this coming to closure anytime soon -- I would not get your hopes up. The bellicose nature of the recent quotes by the ICM officials are very troubling at this juncture. ICM is the key player in all of this (indemnification commitment). Without ICM agreeing it is hard to see how this can come to closure through a settlement. You know how I feel about a final Federal Circuit (appellate) adjudication and I think that is our future. Not soon -- but in our future none-the-less.