Replies to post #40666 on Calypso Wireless (fka CLYW)

[Sheepdog]

Ok - What is "mediocre" to you - Just trying to get a feeling for what the board must be thinking in negotiating from T-Mobile...6 figures, 7, 8, 9 figures??? None of this matters because it is in the Boards hands but I am wondering at people's expectations. It is easy to say settle. It is not easy to say settle at a specific amount.

Personally, if the patent is valid, and I think it is, I can see past damages of 9 figures easy but I don't think that is practical to expect in a settlement. Maybe in a judgment, but not a settlement. A settlement always has to have a discount for uncertainty.

[navanuts]

I thkn you bring up a very valid point in that a T-Mobile settlement would only be the bginning. As you said, it would serve to set a precedent for other companies. In reality, T-Mobile would be validating the patent to teh industry. This, in my opinion, is worth more than the actual settlement because it now opens the door to all the other carriers and providers. The RIMM settlement was with one specific company with one specific technology that none else uses. Calypso has a patent that the entire industry uses regarless of the carriers technology. I think an T-Mobile settlement is a validation that paves the way to real money in the future. If it gets done, 2011 could be on hell of a ride.