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<blockquote data-quote="mamba" data-source="post: 8896477" data-attributes="member: 7034611"><p>Not sure what you are looking for at that point. You both go into establishing what facts are on your side, which for the 'is 1.0a revokable' is not really a major drain on time, you can probably get that settled in a year, maybe half that if WotC does not see an incentive in dragging it out and burning both sides money. And if there is still something left to argue (i.e. WotC wins that round), then you go into the copyright side, and that will be a drag, expensive, lots of things to individually argue about, ...</p><p></p><p>EDIT: for a 'simple' case dragging on forever see SCO vs IBM, because it is related, from Wikipedia</p><p></p><p>"The lawsuit was filed in 2003, it has lingered on through the bankruptcy of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group" target="_blank">SCO Group</a> and the adverse result in <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_v._Novell" target="_blank">SCO v. Novell</a></em>, and was reopened for continued litigation by order of a new judge on June 14, 2013.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group,_Inc._v._International_Business_Machines_Corp.#cite_note-gl130615-1" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group,_Inc._v._International_Business_Machines_Corp.#cite_note-at130617-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> Pursuant to the court order reopening the case, an IBM Motion for Summary Judgment was filed based upon the results of the <em>Novell</em> decision.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group,_Inc._v._International_Business_Machines_Corp.#cite_note-gl130916-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> On December 15, 2014, the judge granted most of IBM's motion,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group,_Inc._v._International_Business_Machines_Corp.#cite_note-ibm1132-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> thereby narrowing the scope of the case, which remained open. On March 1, 2016, following a ruling against the last remaining claims, the judge dismissed SCO's suit against IBM with prejudice. SCO filed an appeal later that month.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group,_Inc._v._International_Business_Machines_Corp.#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> In February 2018, as a result of the appeal and the case being partially remanded to the circuit court, the parties restated their remaining claims and provided a plan to move toward final judgement.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group,_Inc._v._International_Business_Machines_Corp.#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a>"</p><p></p><p>In a way that was the 'can the OGL 1.0 be revoked' part, but blown to $5B in damages, and every side throwing everything against the wall to make it costly and long</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mamba, post: 8896477, member: 7034611"] Not sure what you are looking for at that point. You both go into establishing what facts are on your side, which for the 'is 1.0a revokable' is not really a major drain on time, you can probably get that settled in a year, maybe half that if WotC does not see an incentive in dragging it out and burning both sides money. And if there is still something left to argue (i.e. WotC wins that round), then you go into the copyright side, and that will be a drag, expensive, lots of things to individually argue about, ... EDIT: for a 'simple' case dragging on forever see SCO vs IBM, because it is related, from Wikipedia "The lawsuit was filed in 2003, it has lingered on through the bankruptcy of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group']SCO Group[/URL] and the adverse result in [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_v._Novell']SCO v. Novell[/URL][/I], and was reopened for continued litigation by order of a new judge on June 14, 2013.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group,_Inc._v._International_Business_Machines_Corp.#cite_note-gl130615-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group,_Inc._v._International_Business_Machines_Corp.#cite_note-at130617-2'][2][/URL] Pursuant to the court order reopening the case, an IBM Motion for Summary Judgment was filed based upon the results of the [I]Novell[/I] decision.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group,_Inc._v._International_Business_Machines_Corp.#cite_note-gl130916-3'][3][/URL] On December 15, 2014, the judge granted most of IBM's motion,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group,_Inc._v._International_Business_Machines_Corp.#cite_note-ibm1132-4'][4][/URL] thereby narrowing the scope of the case, which remained open. On March 1, 2016, following a ruling against the last remaining claims, the judge dismissed SCO's suit against IBM with prejudice. SCO filed an appeal later that month.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group,_Inc._v._International_Business_Machines_Corp.#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] In February 2018, as a result of the appeal and the case being partially remanded to the circuit court, the parties restated their remaining claims and provided a plan to move toward final judgement.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group,_Inc._v._International_Business_Machines_Corp.#cite_note-6'][6][/URL]" In a way that was the 'can the OGL 1.0 be revoked' part, but blown to $5B in damages, and every side throwing everything against the wall to make it costly and long [/QUOTE]
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