Robot Wars Continued

Xconomy again has stellar, must-read courtroom coverage of the latest round in the iRobot vs. Robotic FX robot battles at this link.
Among the latest revelations: Jameel Ahed claims a contractor came up with a key design for making the treads on his Negotiator robot, but the contractor signed an affidavit saying that Ahed came up with the idea and the contractor had tried to dissuade Ahed from using it. The affidavit was stricken from the record after defense complained they hadn't seen it. Robotic FX's lawyers and Jameel also insinuated that iRobot may have improperly used Ahed's idea for an Internet robot to make its ConnectR remote presence robot. (Perhaps they will threaten suit if iRobot doesn't settle?)
Judge Gertner also appears to be trying to get a settlement in the case as they all retired to her chambers (my interpretation).
Jameel also drove his robot around the courtroom and amused Gertner. He repeated his claim that he tossed his iRobot "memorabilia" shortly after hearing of the lawsuit not because it was incriminating but because he didn't want their memorabilia any more now that they were coming after him.
Jameel confirmed that the most robots his company has ever produced in a month is 10, but said three teams of defense auditors had come to his facilities and were satisfied that he could fulfill the 4,000 robot contract.
The mysterious major defense contractor that is funding Jameel and in talks to buy out Robotic FX was entered into the record but under seal. iRobot contends that a purchase by a major defense contractor would compound the impact of the alleged theft of trade secrets.
The two sides have another week to file papers, so this will go on a while longer.