> I just don't see the big aerospace and defence companies wanting to take this all the way to jury since they have so much to loose in the event kit-makers/game-makers/others pool legal resources in a joint defense
*What* do they have to lose? They've got lawyers on payroll. The kit-makers/game-makers/others have no legal resources to pool. I know I sure as hell don't. If I sell those Boeing X-20 Dyna Soar models and Boeing sends a lawyer after me, I simply have no way to fight them.
Because they appear to have not made attempts to protect trademarks, copyrights and patents for decades, they are at serious risk of losing them.