Remember the revolution the Great Recession was supposed to wreak in the relationship between corporations and the law firms that represent them? It's becoming increasingly clear that we skipped right over revolution and went straight to restoration.

In recent years, one of the reasons for the ballooning cost of patent litigation is defense claims that patent holders deceived the Patent and Trademark Office, and so their patents are invalid because of inequitable conduct. On Tuesday the appeals court said enough is enough and raised the bar for misconduct allegations.

All of a sudden, everything's coming up Rambus in its long-running litigation against the chip industry. But Nvidia says it will keep on fighting.