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Old 10-09-2009, 12:32 AM   #20 (permalink)
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My thinking on this is that Paice could force the issue, if presenting the proper case. They could basically say that they're not taking a settlement, either production stops, or they get compensated at a determined "fair market value" for the patent.

Of course, The Judge could enforce this with Toyota, making it so that they CAN'T settle the case, and they are forced the buy the technology that they've already so clearly raped.

This reminds me of when I buy something to see how it works, build my own, then return the original. I just don't start mass producing them and selling them under a different name on a wholly other premise.
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