It's not just the cost of going to court you have to think about, it's the cost of having your lawyers investigate a claim too. There was a company going aroun

It's not just the cost of going to court you have to think about, it's the cost of having your lawyers investigate a claim too. There was a company going around asking $25k from e-tailors for a seemingly bogus search patent. The lawyers we worked with recommended that the client just settle as they'd blow through that way before it ever got to trial. The legality of using pre-settlement letters to extort money from smaller companies needs to be looked at.