The same as the money given to all the other shonky-patent holders :-) > The same as money given to millionares posing as beggars - > you lost it > on a false premise, but you still won't get it back >> what happens to all the "license fees" paid to Amazon >> under false premises ? Presumably the patent is valid until declared null. What surprises me is that people like (they say) Apple have been paying them rather than just gargoyling up a rebuttal. Russell -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist