Patent LitigationIn the final quarter of 2016, plaintiffs filed 1,140 patent cases, bringing the total for 2016 to 4,520 patent cases.
The fourth quarter represents a slight increase over the third […]
Patent LitigationIn the third quarter of 2016, plaintiffs filed 1,127 patent cases. This total represents an decrease over Q2 (1,289 cases) of 12.6%, but is still higher than the Q1 2016 (960 […]
Patent LitigationIn the second quarter of 2016, plaintiffs filed 1,282 patent cases. This total represents an increase over Q1 (958 cases) of 33%, but remains below the 2015 average of 1456 cases […]
Patent LitigationIn the first quarter of 2016, 955 patent cases were filed. This number represents a decline from the level of litigation seen over the last few years – a quarterly […]
Patent LitigationPatent litigation in U.S. district courts grew in 2015 with 5,830 patent cases filed, a 15.0% rise from 2014 (5,070 cases). Except for 2013, which remains the high-water year for […]
Lex Machina’s data shows a spike in case filings on November 30, 2015, corresponding to a rule change that eliminates Form 18, the form often used to plead direct infringement claims in patent cases. On that day, […]
Patent litigation in the U.S. district courts dropped in the third quarter of 2015: only 1,119 cases were filed in Q3, a 33% drop from the record-setting 1,665 cases filed in the second quarter.
Fig. 1: Patent cases filed, 2012-2015
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Lex Machina is pleased to announce the publication today of the first-ever comprehensive study of U.S. copyright litigation.
The Lex Machina Copyright Litigation Report breaks down the thousands of copyright cases filed in the last 5 years to showcase how this data can be used to inform litigation strategy: from detailed analysis […]
2015 First Half Patent Case Filing Trends
Patent case filings rose sharply in May (607 cases) and June (654 cases) of 2015, leaving the total for the Q2 2015 as the highest of any quarter yet observed (1,656 cases, as shown in Figure 2 below). The H1 total for 2015 is 3,122, […]
Patent case filings have been generally higher in the first five months of 2015 than in the last 8 months of 2014. May of 2015 had the most patent cases filed on any month so far this year (606 cases).
