Going to court to uphold a patent costs a company a minimum of$1.5 m; that may oblige innocent firms to pay to settle and prevents infringed parties from seeking redress.

• 企业利用法律武器维护一个专利权最起码要花150万美元；那样只会鼓励无辜的公司花钱私了，并阻碍被侵权方寻求赔偿。