Regard the 584, in my layman opinion, we can not win an infringement suit against ARM (or any one else) for past infringement based upon the independent claims that were at issue in the appeals court.

But after the re-exam, if any of those particular claims were modified, we are free to seek damages from "new" infringement of the modified patent claims and of course damages from any original 584 patent claims that were both never modified by the re-exam or reviewed by the appeals court.

The original 584 claims would have rights to infringement damages going back to the date the infringer was first notified of their infringement activity. I believe the courts will look at the 584 modified claims and the whole patents as if it was a new patent and had no history other then the added super strength of the re-exam which provides a more focused set of claims wherein a defense attack of obviousness will not work. The courts will give deference to the results of the USPTO re-exam.

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I could be wrong, but I heard a while ago that the courts had tighten the rules on class action suits and there seem to be a lot less of them. I also noticed that, management tell their shareholder nothing accept what is in the 10Ks and 10Qs. Many set the operating part of the company in a subsidiary that has it's own management and the corporation becomes a holding company and the subsidiaries are like investments. The fiduciary relationship becomes almost meaningless. They pay no dividends and management lives off the fat of the land and become rich no matter what happens to the corporation.

When they want to move the stock up, you will know it. Until that happens you are playing poker, but you don't get to see the cards. Charting or inside info, maybe the only answer!

Just my Ts and Os

GLTAL