I had the same feeling of disgust by reading at those numbers, but then, remember that those big companies probably also own a lot of bogus patent themselves. T

I had the same feeling of disgust by reading at those numbers, but then, remember that those big companies probably also own a lot of bogus patent themselves. Their IP department probably have no interest in advising "don't pay for those patents, they are bogus". That would shooting themselves in their foot.