Yes, but but right now even if they get hurt a little by it, they also have a lot invested in it, and they stand to make more money by joining the game an suing

Yes, but but right now even if they get hurt a little by it, they also have a lot invested in it, and they stand to make more money by joining the game an suing others. Also, patents did start to hurt the financial industry, and they simply gave them special powers to fight the patents, instead of overhauling the patenting system or abolishing them for everyone's benefit (except the patent trolls).