the average stock trader is dumber than typical

[Carrie]

The reason is simple - these folks are much more likely to listen to Robert Burman's rosy-red view of the world and his company's role within it than they are to visit a message board with the word "fuck" in it.

Translation: They don't know about the instances of prior art that are being compiled, and simply believe Burman when he says Acacia spent hundreds of thousands of dollars hiring patent busters and college professors to hunt down prior art and none of it invalidated their patent.

I have an extensive list of prior art that was compiled by someone who worked in the digital compression for audio/video arena long before Acacia came along. Impa has this list; actually they've got a much more detailed version of it. I hunted this guy down on the net, sent his name to Spike and contacted him myself to get a copy of his research. Turns out Spike and the lawyers had contacted him just two days before and he had given them a more detailed version.
If any of you guys want/need the list I've got, just let me know - I should know who you are, of course. I'm not going to inadvertently send stuff to Acacia goons.