Reminder... what the Apple win is worth This is a Billion dollar win and olantsthe seeds for the next big run up in the share price
Apple:
1. 125M trial win - 85 Million award plus interest and legal fees
2. 75M for sales since coverage period - 150M phones sold since the period covered in the trial judgment
3. 40-50m future sales - for phones sold for next 4 years depending on sales levels until patents expire
Total Apple judgment worth $360-$400m USD or ~$450-520M CAD
Other LTE phone makers as WiLan LTE Portfolio virtually unlicensed.
1. Previous sales: $260 million of past sales from 520 million non iPhone smartphones
2. future sales: $60-80 million per year of non iPhone sales
Total non iPhone value applying $0.50/unit rate is $500-580M USD or $650-750M CAD
TOTAL VALUE of $0.50 / unit is around $1.1-1.2B CAD.
Now just CAFC to get through, but the payoff is massive. If you look at stats at CAFC from judge sabaw, he is rarely overturned on IP cases.