IP court judge, a supremo

One recent article in IEEE Spectrum, "The Lowballing of Kodak Patent Portfolio", pointedly described how an IP court ruling can make $2.3B USD vanish in the air. Kodak imaging IPs were independently evaluated at $2.4B of which it was eventually settled to 4% while Nortel's wireless IPs were settled to 450% of its original evaluated value. All patent attorneys require either engineering or science degrees while judges do not. A reversal of patent ruling from a judge without any technical background may inevitably sway the company's future.