You say:

"they were making grandiose and bold claims to Shareholders and the industry; but in reality were actually accepting extremely small License fees in relation to the size of the infringing company or it's identified product's patent use."

I say:

Every patent holder, especially if he thinks he has patents on water, demands what he thinks is what a company should pay and then gets confronted with the multibillion companies who tell him "Ok, then sue us - we can bleed you to death, you little guy!"

Why do you think a small company could be succesfull against the big ones of this world when even the big ones itself fight eternal battles, starting with multibillion dollar claims against each other which melt down to some shabby dollars in the years/decades of legal fights?

To be honest: you don't add anything new to this board with posts like this - and btw: putting things in bold doesn't make them more meaningful...