How is it news when the country's most infamous court awards damages to patent trolls? They always do that, and then the defendant always appeals. Boring. Predictable. Not News.
Got a cite for that? Defendants have been winning as much on average as plaintiffs since around 2006 or so, which is well before the retirements. There is considerable year to year variation, of course. Defendants did particularly well in 2013 in jury verdicts, for example, but then plaintiffs did well in 2014 so that they were in balance for the two years.
Shocking/appalling/hyped up title + otherwise boring or non-news article = clicks and ad money