Vringo already had the jury verdict against Google before the MS settlement. Also, maybe Bing has only 5% of Google's revenue/profit.
Funny that you seem to be falling victim to what you accuse others of doing i.e kneejerk birching and whining.
http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-heres-why-im-takin...
But not unexpected for Mark Cuban.
This is the man who owes his status as a billionaire to hedging. If he hadn't hedged out his Yahoo exposure at the very top of the dot-com bubble, then he would've been worth about $60 million by the time his lock-up period expired.
$1.4 billion vs. $60 million. Being one of the richest 500 Americans, vs. not even being able to buy the Dallas Mavericks. You can see why Mark Cuban believes in hedging.
Patent trolls win => his legit companies lose value, his patent troll gains value
Patent trolls lose => legit companies gain value, patent trolls lose value
Imagine if some startup "hedged" by covertly transfering funds from customers' bank accounts when they cancel their subscriptions:
Great product => paying customers
Bad product => steal money from customers