Agoracom

There is no way he can reasonably put any number on it. Not even an attorney involved in th case would do such a thing for his own client never mind the impact the case may have on other companies. Even if the case is ruled in a manner that is against our best interest, it is still possible that the impact to us would be nil or minimal. If my memory serves me that case involves one who acquired a license and then sold a product to another who used that product to make another, which contained the licensed material. In that instance the original manufacturer never infringed. in our case the manufaturers all infringe, and even if a company could buy from one of our 40 or so licensees - it remains unclear whether this would satisfy the requirements the court has yet to set down. they may state that an agreement, as part of the license, prohibiting the passing of the rights onto the purchaser (as we appear to have by the numerous disclaimers of lincensees posted on this board) is a legitimate way to avoid that. Wouldn't that be logical that the court would not give a company benefits of their purchase that clearly weren't intended by all companies involved at the time of purchase. Also, even if the future infringement issues could be avoided, it is likely that an infringer cannot rid itself of past infringement by buying a product from a third party licensee. All IMO