There it is - a thinly veiled "troll" strategy.
Surely the counter is that if these Respondent companies had obtained a license they would not be engaged in this litigation, and that the litigation attempts to protect those companies, both domestic and foreign, who recognized their infringement or potential infringement and obtained an appropriate license.

Sure we used illegal substances, and we will continue to do so, but if you suspend our participation then spectators won't be able to enjoy our annihilation of other runners who don't infringe the rules..