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Curious situation

[mrmoribund]

Pure speculation here but I would think that if Wilan and Motorola had a deal "effectively" signed a few days before the end of Q3 and Wilan wanted it actually signed before the end of Q3 (which they surely would) then Wilan would have, in some sense, made the deal conditional upon it being signed by then. Or at least they would have given Motorola an incentive to sign by then--as in, say, the price goes up by $50,000 if it's not signed by the end of September 30.

My point? If there's no deal announcement by the morning of October 1 then you'd have to start to wonder if the deal (if there really was one) is off.

But then this would raise another question. Well, I wouldn't have thought Wilan would have agreed in the first place to a two month delay unless that almost-completed deal were pretty darned solid.

If this just ends up being a two-month gift to Motorola that will not reflect well on Wilan.

Thus endeth the pure speculation.

[Capharnaum]

A deal in principle means you agree on the larger lines and there will be a deal done. It doesn't mean you agree on everything and there can be points of negociations left. I think you're all thinking way too hard about this... That both parties said before the court that a deal in principle was made means they'll have the deal signed and completed at some point.

[mrmoribund]

If I were making decisions from Wilan's end I'd think I'd want more solidity than that in return for agreeing to a two month delay. You tell Motorola or Apple that you want your deal finalized when it gets finalized they will aim for the year 3000.

[cabbieJBJ]

Mrmoribund, where did you get the information that Wilan AGREED to a 2 month delay. Wilan and Motorola advised the court jointly there was a deal in principle. The court said report back by... I too think you're reading too much into the timing. It takes time to paper a deal once there is agreement in principle. Chill!

[mrmoribund]

It may be that I haven't got all the details quite right. That said, one second can be the difference between a deal in principle and no deal at all. Let me ask you? Do you think Motorola (or Apple, for that matter) can be relied upon to be so honourable that they wouldn't jerk the IP holder around by "agreeing" to a "deal in principle" and then finding some reason to

[Capharnaum]

Deals in principle between established corporations aren't like Craigslist deals. Walking away from a deal in principle requires a serious motive, else the corporation walking away will lose its reputation. When a deal in principle is done, both parties have agreed that they have met common ground on the clauses that are material and just need to close smaller points that can't change

[cabbieJBJ]

Since it was a joint motion, it would be the court they were jerking around if they were jerking around. That would not play well. I'm not looking for boogeymen. I think you are mrmoribund. As I poster previous, chill.

[v_guerriero]

Motorola has signed two different licensing agreements in the last 10 years.  Additionally, there hasn't been a single instance of a stay being requested and a deal falling through.  That would be very low probability. But, in classic QTRH fashion the price of the stock assumes the deal has already fallen through.  So if the deal is announced the stock should pop