Even if the arris IPR appeals are accepted the decisions wont be out until after the case is already coming to a close or decided in court. We all know that the MSOs do not want this to go to court. Their reputation among any jury is unfavorable due to disgust for cable companies in the first place and the big guy bullying the smaller guy mentality is always a HUGE penalty in court. They know that its best to settle outside of court and then pursue their damages back in court against CISCO and ARRIS.
With all of that being said the chances of the ARRIS appeals being granted by the PTAB for review are extremely low. They are way past the time allotted to them to request an appeal. They were an interested party in prior appeals by CISCO and RPX. These two reasons alone lead the PTAB to be forced to deny their appeals.
The PTAB is already overwhelmed with litigation cases and do not have the resources to see appeals such as this one. If they are going to show everyone that they are serious about their rules then denying this due to time restrictions is in their best interest, otherwise everyone can read their rules with a grain of salt because they mean nothing. Finally, they have denied prior appeals by large companies due to these exact reasons which Whitman pointed out in that small reponse.
I leave you with this: even if the ARRIS appeals are somehow accepted and due for review. We have huge examples of small companies winning out against HUGE companies even though their PTAB cases were disastrous. Virnet won against apple in court multiple times for huge settlements even though they lost their IPRs. Not to mention they won those huge settlements even though its a litigation on Facetime capabilities... Do you think that even comes close to the amount of money our patent is worth considering this patent is significantly important to the MSOs business plan. Without the speed to transfer data their product would be significantly worse than it is now. That being said its a large part of their product and their are no feasible alternatives to it at this moment and going forward probably for many years. For them to switch out their equipment in every box in every customers household and business place would cost them billions of dollars itself and not to mention the costs of an alternative like fiber optics. You see they have no way out at this point and have been piling up the penalty since 2014 when they all got a subpeona and have been reaping the profits ever since finding out they were in deep doodoo. This thing is huge and the first settlement that is coming will only be the beginning of it all as they have plenty other avenues to take afterwords either after CISCO or ARRIS through court or a buyout. Carter will or already has weighed his options on which is more beneficial for him: royalties or buyout or going back to court against the huge tech vendors with a very solid case.
Sorry for the essay but this is much more worth writing then all of those papers in college. People need to know whats going on here because it could very well change all of our lives even at these levels. Not to mention those who were in earlier. Im so confident in a settlement at this point that i have picked up more shares after promising myself my position is great and i can use my available funds elsewhere to day trade. Ive doubled down and tripled down on this and have brought many friends and family here. I wouldnt do that without complete confidence in the scenerio. The dips are just more opportunity.
Goodluck to you all.
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