FTA: "... Of the four reasons people litigate patent cases other than to win on the merits, three (nuisance-value settlements, bullying, and regulatory gaming)

FTA: "... Of the four reasons people litigate patent cases other than to win on the merits, three (nuisance-value settlements, bullying, and regulatory gaming) are actively socially harmful. The patent litigation system imposes substantial costs on third parties, and most of those third parties are themselves innovators. It may be worth paying those costs if there is evidence that patent litigation is supporting new invention. But absent that evidence, the patent litigation system looks more and more like a drag on society. ... That doesn’t mean we can just get rid of patent litigation. ..." (at p.64-65)