The downside to this is that Community Property is subject to the claims of the creditors of either spouse, while the Separate Property is subject to only the claims of the spouse who incurred the liability.
Fewer controls apply to research done by private companies with private money, and if the research is not on a drug or device that is federally regulated, it may be subject to no formal controls beyond the risk ofliability.
But a free and open legal system like ours is bound to be subject to a certain number of abusive holdup suits, and not just by patent trolls, but also by product liability trolls, medical malpractice trolls, and shareholder fraud trolls as well.