Genesis

The Sartek thing is an entirely different kettle of fish - I probably would have gone to the wall on that one myself, arguing both prior art and lack of patentable subject matter in the first instance.

Might have lost too - patent litigation is ugly stuff and doesn't exactly work the way you think it should. Just look at RIM .v. NTP for a prime example of how you can be "dead right" when it comes to patents.....

Much, of course, would depend on exactly what sort of licensing arrangement Sartek was offering. If the answer was "none!" (as is their right) or at some exhorbitant fee, well then its war or shut down - that would make the decision easy.

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