I'd argue that public resources are used all the time to defend the rights of companies. If a car gets stolen for a Toyota dealership, significant public resour

I'd argue that public resources are used all the time to defend the rights of companies. If a car gets stolen for a Toyota dealership, significant public resources are deployed to recover and prosecute. The alternative is one in which private companies are expected to hire private security, and private detectives and a private militia to defend their products. If I remember correctly, this is indeed what the East India Trading Company did, before it was determined that it was in the public interest to defend private companies.