I remember a similar upwards trend when you look at the graphs of money spent on patent lawsuits over time. So I believe it's a growing trend, even if the chan

I remember a similar upwards trend when you look at the graphs of money spent on patent lawsuits over time. So I believe it's a growing trend, even if the change to the joinder rules may explain part of the spike. I went looking for the chart, but all I can find are articles saying that Google & Apple spent more on patent lawsuits than R&D. I think that is illustrative of the problem, albeit in a different way.