IMO...heating up because there is nothing else and IP turf needs to be protected in order to move on to the future....thing is

"The parties in the ITC cases include California technology companies such as Western Digital Corp., Seagate Technology, Hewlett-Packard and SanDisk Corp."

They're no longer homogeneous US companies....kind of an enigma-conundrum situation. They're nothing more in this county, than store fronts.

Dog chasing his tail...

doni