It may be cheaper if Novartis wins. On the Complaint by Novartis against Webvention, http://thepriorart.typepad.com/the_prior_art/2010/gov.uscourts.ded.44887.1

It may be cheaper if Novartis wins. On the Complaint by Novartis against Webvention, http://thepriorart.typepad.com/the_prior_art/2010/gov.uscourts.ded.44887.1.0.pdf http://thepriorart.typepad.com/the_prior_art/2010/gov.uscour..., on page 7, Novartis asks for relief from the court. If Novartis wins, then Webvention would have to pay Novartis for the costs incurred for this action, attorneys fees, and whatever the court deems fit. Novartis could have just paid the $80k, but it seems that Novartis does not have an issue with their own attorneys working on this case, winning it (that's the key), and then getting compensated for their work and time by Webvention. That is how I am interpreting it.