"To settle -- or not to settle?" An ethical poser

With apologies to readers of this weblog who also read the IPKat and who therefore already know about this, PatLit would like to draw the attention of readers to this short, sharp poll which Annsley Merelle Ward has posted on that weblog this morning. It asks a very pertinent ethical/practical question which patent litigators and their clients may already have faced.

Please take the time to participate: unless your conscience pulls you simultaneously in opposite directions, it should not take you long to answer.