It doesn't matter if you are a small technology company working your way up through the business ranks or an entity with a massive mother ship in Silicon Valley like Apple, intellectual property litigation tends to be a high-stakes game. Protecting your IP interests represents one significant challenge when you are a patent holder. On the other end of the scale is the prospect of your company facing accusations of infringement.
Regardless of which side of the fence you be on, one thing that often remains a constant is that the complexity of the legal processes are going to be such that it demands he help of experienced counsel.