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To: ratan lal who wrote (5925)	5/17/2002 12:54:15 PM
From: tinkershaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6516

Well if the problem is that easy, then all GMST has to do is settle with SFA (and others) for any amount for past dues as long as SFA acknowledges and recognizes their patents ! Mathematically, yes, as long as SFA fully recognizes and pays for GMST IP into the future. The reason Henry won't be this accommodating is so that he can deter any future such rebellions. Treble damages has such a nice effect that way. On the other hand, SFA is a much more valuable partner than legal victim and example. As a business executive, if I can get SFA to a long-term partnership deal, as GMST has with Motorola, I'd settle for the receivables and the long-term deal. Henry in the past has been more lawyerly in litigation and more prone to digging in for the treble damages and coerce compliance. I've handled many a divorce and child custody type dispute in my days. I was faced with both options. I usually advise that we try to settle so as not to alienate the other party because my client will have to deal personally with the other party for years to come. Of course this does not always work, and sometimes the other party is so disagreeable that you have no choice but to go for the coercion method. But that is the sort of factors I'd take into account in pursuing this lawsuit further. Now, is SFA a party were alienating and who might be reasonable if we work with them? Or are they so disagreeable that we have to take them to the toilet? I don't know, but that is my perspective on lawsuits like this. Tinker