RE:RE:RE:RE:I contacted Peter. Every word in the book has been used to define this profoundly desipcable person.
Patents are under Global's grasp. It's been at the base of the whole battle for sole proprietary use whilst giving Medical full control of its destiny, without which no one will want to get involved. Any half-smart person understands that for as long as Global will exert some control over Medical, its suicidal to get involved, especially with the now uberly well documented sordid history.
Various patents are already between 4-10 years old. Aside from maintenance fees, they have a 20 year lifespan. And patents do not prevent someone from using the technology, they only give you a tool to go after them should they decide to use it, or try to tweak it just enough to circumvent the patents ...and if the company is as insolvable as it currently is, they obviously wouldn't even be able to battle for the rights.
Sad part is that with the time it would take to get necessary testing done, going through the whole FDA approval all over again and then actually marketing, rolling out, getting market acceptability, market share and generating revenues, the older IP will probably be about to expire. Rendering its value and the value of the company much lower than it could ever be.
Even more sad, this man is so wrongfully obsessed and his ego so large, he's not getting younger with every year that passes by - not a young chicken to begin with. As such, given the time it would take to actually make money, he won't even be around to be able to truly enjoy any success. That's how stupid, obsessed and egomaniacal he is.
And yes, with every day passing by, there is the risk of what is known as "the killer App", a new better way of doing the same thing more cost-efficiently, rendering the CSS completely obsolete as you're wondering.
Have no idea how a man like Bakema and his thugs can sleep at night or keep on fighting for their egos while missing the big picture the way they are. Then again, asking the question is the same as answering it...