"Large firms have so much information to use against small local firms," says Hsu Te-cheng, "and they are very calculating in deciding how, when and if to use it." Small companies have small resources. When what they can pay in a law suit may be lower still than the legal fees involved, large firms naturally won't be interested.
「這麼多把柄抓在大廠手中，要不要出手、對誰出手、什麼時候出手，大廠都是有他的算盤的」，許德誠指出，小廠資產少，能「榨」得出來的賠償金恐怕還抵不過大舉興訟的律師費，自然引不起大廠的興趣。