The issue is Ropes & Gray believes in the strength of SFOR IP or they would have never taken their cases. Ropes and Gray lawyers are not a bunch of village idiots who fell off the pumpkin cart yesterday. They are the best IP defense firm in the country and believe SFOR's 7 cases have merit. As far as the veracity of the $9.7 million figure is concerned do a little DD by looking into the Deleware court's documents. It's there in black & white!