RE:RE:RE:Wi-LAN Patent Trial Against Ericsson CanceledI think you nailed it profess. On advice from counsel Wilan refused to budge on their demands when Judge Middlebrooks stated at the pre-trial hearing that he was 'inclined' to 'likely' rule non-infringement on 2 patents and was 'undecided' on the 3rd. He was not-so-discreetly advising Wilan to either accept a much smaller settlement (which tells me Ericsson had money on the table) or go the appeal route which as we all know can take up to 2 years to get a ruling on. So that tells me the difference in settlement amounts is BIG. Probably by a factor of 10 is my guess. In other words Ericsson was prepared to settle for - say $2 million and wilan wants $20 million - as an example.
In any case JS - with the advice of his legal counsel - is not backing down and is going to appeal.
This is not over by any stretch of the imagination IMO. JS shed some light on the reality of the situation when he included this much-overlooked statement in the news release:
' In this ruling, the Judge did agree with WiLAN that no most favoured licensee provisions apply to the three patents. '