August 29, 2012

PATENT AWARD APPEALS HISTORY SUGGESTS APPLE MAY NOT GET ITS MONEY FROM SAMSUNG

Nine jurors in the Federal Court of the Northern District of California, handed Apple a big victory against Samsung, awarding Apple $1.05 billion in damages, finding all seven of Apple’s patents valid, finding Samsung infringed six of Apple’s patents, and finding Apple not to have infringed any of Samsung’s five patents.

The previous biggest intellectual property award of the year was handed down on August 1, 2012 in favor of Monsanto (MON) for $1 billion against DuPont (DD), but the history of big patent awards surviving appeals does not bode well for Apple.

There have been bigger awards, but they did not survive the appellate process.… Please click here or the title below to read more.

August 29, 2012

BULLISH OPTION BETS ON GOLD NEAR 4 YEAR HIGH

This post was just published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert

Option players are flocking to making bullish bets on gold. Now bullish bets on gold by option players are near a four-year high.

BUllish bets at extremes are negative. However, gold has been under the control of momo crowd for less than two years and historical options data during this two-year period is does not provide enough data to draw and firm conclusions.

In our analysis historical data on gold options prior to the last two years is useless because control of gold market by the momo crowd has changed the character of the gold market over the past two years.… Please click here or the title below to read more.

August 29, 2012