Wow, what delusion. Listen, Daic is never going to settle. Why? Because he will "reap the most benefit" when he wins the state case. He'll get the whole patent.
CLYW has in fact defaulted. But CLYW cannot prove Daic kept them from raising money. The BOD turned down the Acacia deal. Daic has never been on the BOD. Sure his wife was, but how are you going to PROVE he made her vote no. And even if you could, it takes more than 1 vote to turn it down so he didn't all by himself cause anything. Sorry, CLYW is not going to win the case. If you read Daic's amended filing, he says that very thing on every charge - CLYW has no proof. CLYW just threw everything at him in hopes something might stick.
So when Daic wins the case, he will get the whole patent and game over. TM knows at least that the patent is in question, so they'll never do a deal with CLYW. They'll wait to see how the case comes out. That's why they agreed to the stay - not to negotiate a deal, but to stall.