The investors and the courts may have very different notions of the fair market value. If it&#x27;s much less than the investors expect, expect no more cures. Consider that the whole point of the government taking it is the idea that the fair market price is too high.<p>Also, there are many, many ways the government can take things without just compensation. For example, civil asset forfeiture. They could get the patent declared invalid. Laws and regulations are very complex, there are a lot of levers the government can pull.