Our Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement (BATNA) is that both Omega and Omicron would have full access to this technology. We believe that Omega's products, due to their smaller size, can't take full advantage of these performance improvements, but just as the Sigma Socket was shared, these patents are "theoretically" the property of all of Sigma for use as needed. However, Sigma's previous experience has shown that if theoretical improvements are not to languish in the lab, they need champions who will put them into production products. Ultimately, we should argue that Omicron is willing to put resources behind these patents and intends to take full advantage of them. |