Apple Co-Defendent SimulScribe Settles Visual Voicemail Patent Suit. Is Apple Next?
So that’s one down for Klausner. Apple has much deeper pockets and more to lose than SimulScribe, but can a settlement be far behind? Or will Apple drag this out in the courts? If the NTP-RIM trial is any precedent (in which RIM lost on a flimsier case and had to pay more than $600 million), Apple might be better off settling now. the strategy Klausner seems to be pursuing is to line up settlements with the other co-defendants first to put more pressure on Apple.
In celebration of settling his portion of the lawsuit, SimulScribe CEO James Siminoff is offering a free one-month trial (wipe brow now, James).