[stefan_]

There are tons of ways to avoid a jury panel. You find any sort of prior art and patents, along with any suits, simply vanish; you file a challenge with the patent office for reexamination, an expert there decides it's invalid, the case disappears.

[colejohnson66]

You make it sound easy, but the patent office is severely overworked. Also, does the case just “go away?” Or do you have to file a motion to dismiss on the grounds that the patent is invalid?

[egdod]

That’s highly nontrivial. (And by the way, almost no one uses reexam anymore. It’s all about IPR these days.)