Ming Can Empathize
Sadly, Kendall has never lowered himself to ask Ming's advice. That would have occurred of necessity since entree to Ming's cardboard castle forces one to bend over somewhat awkwardly. Ming also realizes watching him masticate during the dinner hour while ingesting a can of Chef Boyardee Macaroni and Cheese after having been heated over a can of sterno(the cheese, not Ming), is not a pretty sight. Yet it would be to his advantage to accept Ming's hospitality.
VHC's future, its share price and its current litigation are all amenable to a facile solution that should meet with his satisfaction.
Find a competitor whose sales exceed that of the wormy fruit company(WFC). Offer that competitor a license whose royalty is our standard historical 1% on sales not in excess of the WFC's sales. Those sales in excess would enjoy a rapidly deescalating rate such that when melded with the initial rate equals some fraction of 1%. Sweeten the deal by proffering a minority interest in VHC which is an effective discount on the already reduced rate equal to the percentage of VHC that would then enure to them.
The result is the WFC pays 1% giving their competitor a material margin advantage for access to the same patents and thus incentive to do the deal. The CAFC which has already blessed use of our historic rates would find it untenable to argue for some theoretical royalty base when a material competitor of the WFC has accepted a royalty base predicated on the cost of their devices undiminished to the smallest salable unit, let alone to some fraction of that unit. The CAFC would no longer be in the position of entertaining the judicial equivalent of opining on pornography when addressing the royalty base; i.e. "We can't describe it but we'll know it when we see it".
Needless to say, the share price would do nothing but levitate should the above strategy be implemented. A statue of Ming astride a noble steed while striking an heroic pose outside the Dorla Court Headquarters would then be the very least a grateful Kendall could commission in gratitude. Buying Ming a hotplate so he doesn't scorch his dainties when heating up his macaroni and cheese would also be well received.