This would force a settlement. Which would be bad because no actual patent reform would actually be achieved and a few large tech companies would be able to lock-out new entrants into the field.

Friend of mine has a theory that that's what Google is trying to do. Show how absurd the current patent system is and force a meltdown.

Some of the lawmakers wouldn't overhaul patent law even if you had a global supply of universal replicators that were powered only by the sound of happy laughter.