No, it's a way of him acting disarming and helpful by falling back on an option that the person can pursue to "validate" the issue at hand. It's definitely not some scheme to trojan horse takedown patent trolls... like himself.

It's a form of intimidation. Like when someone is blackmailing you and says "...or if you're uncomfortable with this then, you know, we can always talk to police about it".

According to the article, he says that because he believes most people will pay up after taking to an attorney.