If you license a design to big company A, and big company B just steals the design, big company A has a financial interest in helping shut down big company B.

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the patent holder holds the responsibility for defending the patent if infringement is hurting the licensee's revenue. or so it has been for every tech licensure deal i've had anything to do with

and if they fail to do so they can be sued by the licensee