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Lex Machina Q3 2017 Litigation Update

For a more in-depth consideration of patent litigation trends around the Supreme Court’s landmark T.C. Heartland ruling, see this companion post. 995 patent cases were filed in the third quarter of 2017, a 12.3% decrease from the number of cases filed in last quarter.  A drop from the second to third quarter has occurred in each of the past 4 years.  Relative to the number of cases filed in 2016 through the third quarter, filings in 2017 are down 8.4%.

By |2018-01-17T18:51:29-08:00October 18th, 2017|Company, Legal Trends|
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