IMO, you need to do a little more homework. Immediately prior to our litigation, Toshiba (I believe it was) was engaged in a long, dragged out infringement case - in J. Ward's court - where they played games to drag the thing out even further. Ward levied sanctions on them it was so bad. Maybe they had a past reputation, but the immediate climate was for them to hold out and play every game possible to avoid settlement. And they did end up settling that other case - on the courthouse steps.

FWIW,

SGE