As a side-note -- have you considered sending this sort of reply to VentureBeat, TechCrunch, et al and seeing if they'd guest post? It's the most clarity I've seen brought to the situation yet, and I'm sure more than a couple folks here could put you in touch with the appropriate editors.
Thanks for the kind words and for the suggestion (also thanks to all here for the nice comments). I hadn't considered it and am not familiar with the channels for pursuing it.
I am glad to bring clarity to such items - they really can get confusing if one lacks the legal background and the experience with litigation. I also am a pretty fast writer and so can do this sort of thing pretty quickly (apologies for the wall of text, though).
