You asked:...

however, would you spend hundred + million(s) (guess on my part) defending a position you are certain is wrong? Hynix actually lost at trial.

The ANSWER is;

You would for sure, if you got some lawyers telling you "...defend, defend, spend some of the billions you have made, and you will get away with it." All we have to do is to drown RAMBUS under paper for years, and they will fold...

The credit here goes to the CEO and the Board of Rambus, who couldn't find some one to take their case on contingency, like EDIG did, and they pretty much stuck their collective necks out, and their company almost went under before Justice was done and they prevailed...

Gil...