EDIG & Google settlement & license...Considerations..

EDIG...there are several reasons EDIG might have settled:

!. Needed the money
2. Saw the weakness of their case & patents' validity
3. Offered significant money or equivalent to settle
4. Offered significant money for license
5. Offered sufficient money and royalty deal for license
6. Offered a settlement, license, and buyout deal (for some or all of their patents)
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GOOGLE...there are several reasons Google might have settled

1. Short on funds to fight against infringement claim (not too likely)
2. Ran out of lawyers to fight their case...(nope..)
3. Saw the strength or likelihood of EDIG prevailing (yet Google could have drawn out the battle for some long time)
4. Saw strength and value of EDIG's patents, wanted to license
5. Saw strength & value of EDIG's patents, wanted to lock up a license, with intent to buy them.


I'm running out of reasons other than positive ones ...and cannot think of any more negative ones.
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And why seal the deal up tighter than a drum?
EDIG..
1. To aid in negotiations w/other companies
2. To hide a small settlement
3. Google requested/demanded as part of settlement & license

Google
1. To hide a small settlement...(not too likely..why bother)
2. To hide their potential interest in acquiring the patents outright
3. To hide a large settlement & license deal (to thwart similar actions by others)
4. To hide a buyout offer as part of the deal

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And why did the PTAB terminate the IPR?

They didn't have to, even though the petitioner (Google) requested it..
The PTAB could have continued on, on their own.

Would think they decided the evidence came down on the side of EDIG patents' validity
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*Note, I'm LT long the stock, so might have a positive bias, even though an attempt is made to consider as many alternatives as possible.



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EDIG vs Google-Dropcam-Nest / now settled, and license to Google granted, IPR terminated/Case Number IPR2015-1470 >>


1025 Confidential Settlement and License Agreement Between e.Digital Corporation and Google, Inc., as filed in e.Digital Corporation v. Dropcam, Inc., N.D. Cal. Case No. 3:14-cv-04922. (Board and Parties Only) 




Case Number: IPR2015-01470
https://ptabtrials.uspto.gov/prweb/PRWebLDAP2/HcI5xOSeX_yQRYZAnTXXCg%5B%5B*/!STANDARD?UserIdentifier=searchuser
Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding