"Arovas, a 1992 University of Michigan law school grad, had thought two dozen was a pretty hefty number--at least until last year, when the 59 patents in the Samsung/Ericsson suits in Texas came along."

You don't think there's a number in their head to just make EDIG go away rather than risk getting whacked bigtime, considering all the other suitors standing in line? (rhetorical question)