Mr. Lee outlines the trends in patent litigation. 4.3% cases went to trial in 1990 and 1.3% went to trial in 2006. There are fewer and fewer trials because of the skyrocketing cost of litigation. $600,000 spent in 2007 reaped a $1 million award. Massive electronic discovery has increased the cost. 50% of the cost of litigation is in discovery. He discusses ways to keep the costs down: small firms usually charge less, keep complaint short when filing the lawsuit, preparing for discovery, and depositions; offer to produce documents in ordinary course of business; and object to overly broad requests. Send interrogatories and requests for production, depose key players and stop! Haggling is too costly, be polite, ask once, then go to court. Read depositions immediately, summarizing by page and line, then ready for pretrial order. During a trial tell the story with a strong opening statement. Jurists usually make up their minds at that beginning.