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Only we may not need it, but knowing we can afford to pay lawyers will make the big guys settle.

Then when a few of those threats don't stick, all you have to do is "settle for nothing" to avoid an actual trial.

And then, when the lawsuit comes, not even settle, but go to trial, when there's mounds of evidence that dooms Best Buy?

At the end of the day the Casinos would settle accounts and exchange chips and cash to make it all come out even.

I may even be given a mansion and a yacht, though honestly I'd settle most of the time for some organic dark chocolate and clean socks.

If every small company stood up and said "no, we will not settle" then there would be far less incentive to pursue bogus infringement claims.

Can you really settle for 'winning' locally, knowing that you're barely competitive globally?

Even if someone wanted to settle into one company for the long haul, that's not only unlikely, but perhaps even highly improbable.

If the parties to a lawsuit settle the case, then that case is moot, and with very limited exceptions, the judge is automatically stripped of pretty much all authority in the matter.

In plaintiffs' practice, likewise, I was always a strong advocate of standing upon principle and taking cases all the way to judgment, even when substantial offers of settlement were on the table.

Lawyers say, "pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered," meaning that when a litigant gets too greedy, it risks having its legal proceeding go badly wrong. Apple had been given a reasonable accommodation by the court addressing its legitimate concerns but it was not content to settle for that.

These hit-and-run settlements depend fundamentally on the compliance of isolated companies.

Apple might well be able to make a case on appeal that it should be allowed to continue to litigate against Lodsys, on grounds that the same issue is likely to come up again and be settled again, thereby evading judicial review.

If Monster Cable proceeds with litigation against me I will pursue the same merits-driven approach; I do not compromise with bullies and I would rather spend fifty thousand dollars on defense than give you a dollar of unmerited settlement funds.

Now people who were born in Taiwan can pursue their advanced education in many different countries, being well prepared by the generally excellent primary and secondary education there, and then can decide for themselves where to settle to establish a career.

My first seven years were spent primarily on the defense side, where I developed an intense frustration with insurance carriers who would settle meritless claims for nuisance value when the better long-term view would have been to fight against vexatious litigation as a matter of principle.