Re: Could Someone Research This Angle
There is too much going on with patent lawsuits to make a generalization about them. Were they expected to win? How much does the win add to the bottom line? Does the other side now pay a royalty or stop selling the product altogether? Do they collect in cash or something else? Will the other side contest it and drag out the judgement so it take 10 years to get what you won? What's the likelihood the judgement is appealed?
In this case, the more important factor is whether the story is sexy or not. Card shufflers? BZZZT. Sorry, not sexy. Most people don't give a crap whether cards get shuffled by hand or by machine. Talk memory chips a la Rambus, or pager email a la Blackberry and you got sexy.
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