[protomyth]

Microsoft, Apple, Nokia, etc all have the money to pay. The people without money will be barred from the market.

[viraptor]

Well - they don't have unlimited resources. It might be just some loose change the first time. Losing the lawsuit a couple of times wouldn't actually go unnoticed. Especially if they would appeal all of them two times.

[awa]

Well they earn a lot of money from licensing their own patents and sometimes use them to sue (e.g. Apple vs HTC) others