This is precisely why all of the "indemnification" money paid by alleged "infringers" should have gone directly into an escrow account while awaiting the outcome of the various trials.

An interesting racket, in any case: allege that some large number of defendants have infringed on your rights despite lack of evidence; take what is essentially "protection" money from some of them, spend that money to sue the others, stall in court for years and then finally declare bankruptcy as the entire scheme collapses. Doesn't this have the feel of a classic Ponzi scheme?