Last Wednesday, shortly before closing arguments were to begin in the first suit filed by inventor-controlled Singular Computing LLC against Alphabet (Google), the parties submitted a Joint Motion to Stay Pending Settlement Agreement. District of Massachusetts Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV granted the motion, staying the case for 30 days. Eleven days of trial had passed at that point, the jury, its membership having whittled down from twelve to nine, about to receive the case, has been dismissed.