RE:RE:RE:Patent infringement is theft, plain and simpleOK I think from all the back & forth banter here that we can agree there are two ongoing litigations wrt Apple that are before the US Court of Appeal - The 640/040 case and the 802/222 case. The 802/222 case is the BIG one and is further along than the 640/040 case as we know a decision is coming soon and hopefully it comes before the Christmas break...touch wood!
If the Judge(s) have any integrity at all they will see Apple's argument is hokum and award Wilan a BIG settlement that includes damages for wilfull infringement. The total award would run into the $$hundreds of millions. The amount of money involved is why I think this case is taking so long. We're not talking chimp-change - at least from Wilan's perspective. A $500 million award is not out of the question IMO. Think of the implication that would have on Wilan's stock...it would be huge regardless of whether Apple appeals.
Things can turn around in a hurry.