And if their patents get curbed or struck down in the Samsung ruling (a coin toss at this point) they will not be able to tithe the other manufacturers into submission.
Driven by a desire to get bigger in the exploding options market, rival Nasdaq in 2007 struck deals to buy the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the Boston Stock Exchange and Stockholm-based OMX (this last deal is being done with Borse Dubai).
Hoggard was in his element and he first struck when Sehwag, not for the first time in the series, failed to get his gloves out of the way of a short-pitched ball which then looped into Shah's lap at first slip.
Grant Leadbitter had Sunderland's first shot in anger as he struck a 22-yard effort wide before Kenwyne Jones just failed to get a crucial headed touch to divert cross past keeper Petr Cech.
"Something struck me that one of the things that was keeping us from not getting what we needed to getin negotiations with the company was the way the laws were written, " he said.