As such DFMI was formed and TMM did not then, nor at anytime thereafter, have any rights to DFMI property. That's why one must conclude that when TMM bought DFI in 2012 they were buying the copy of the codec (as TMM states, "the only real asset") that Tom Simpson was ordered to give back to DFMI by the Federal Court in Ventura, CA. in 2002.
TMM knew this, yet did it anyway. In my mind this was done so Cavanaugh could get around his 11/11 letter to the shareholders. One year later TMM filed suit against Dimension. If they had only done a mundane history search, or even asked long time shareholders like me, Jay, smitty or Stewguts, I don't think this would have happened.