> It seemed odd for him to let material go unless there was nothing > further to be gained financially by holding on to it. What do you think? > Does this speak to whether the patents are still of great importance, > or am I taking something out of context here?
Logically concluding, it seems from him giving his hardware away that those prior art cases are no longer of importance to him. As for the reason I don't know really. Maybe there haven't been any such cases with his participation for a long time? Someone should have asked him at Amiwest ;-)