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Re:Discussions with Apple regarding license agreement by boogersandstuff on Monday April 03, 2017 @05:15AM (#14021519)
Their 2016 annual report notes £120.0m revenue (90 from IP/royalties) and £136.5m in operating expenses with an operating loss of £87.0m. Their new CEO mentions refocusing the company on IP and royalty income. Now Apple, which pays 60% of that income, is ducking out. Ouch.

In the same report, they mention "There are no parties with whom the Group has contractual or other arrangements which are essential to the business of the Group except the contract with Apple Inc." All your eggs in one basket...

What's funny is in their financial risk assessment they focus on bullshit like investment shifts and outside IP threats, but gloss over the whole "what if that huge contract our company depends on happens to fall apart?"

The discussion between Apple and these guys must've really gone south for a nasty and desperate press release like this

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Re:Discussions with Apple regarding license agreement by exabrial on Monday April 03, 2017 @05:49AM (#14021647)
> The discussion between Apple and these guys must've really gone south for a nasty and desperate press release like this

That's what I found most intriguing. Why go public with this? (Especially with ongoing litigation)

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Re:Discussions with Apple regarding license agreement by winterismute on Monday April 03, 2017 @06:28AM (#14021778)
UK regulations on stock markets are quite tough, publicly listed companies must share information that could impact the company as soon as they can. Public opinion is pretty susceptible to this too due to events in recent years.
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Re:Discussions with Apple regarding license agreement by ksec on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @03:13AM (#14030241)
I call this good old fashioned and fair to shareholders. Not tough. Wall Street is basically where you get the worst , and unfair treatment as a shareholder.
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Re:Discussions with Apple regarding license agreement by macspoofing on Monday April 03, 2017 @05:58AM (#14021685)
Signalling a potential lawsuit so that Apple enters into a patent licensing agreement.
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Re:Discussions with Apple regarding license agreement by goatforce5 on Monday April 03, 2017 @10:09AM (#14022843)
Hinting at possible future litigation (and ultimately winning damages from Apple) is them trying to offer some light at the end of a very dark tunnel.
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Re:Discussions with Apple regarding license agreement by _anything_ on Monday April 03, 2017 @06:03AM (#14021706)
>> What's funny is in their financial risk assessment they focus on bullshit like investment shifts and outside IP threats, but gloss over the whole "what if that huge contract our company depends on happens to fall apart?"

Perhaps thats why they've refocused on IP, projects that are actually profitable.

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