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 […]
Lex Machina releases Hatch-Waxman / ANDA Litigation Report
Featuring breakdowns of the top jurisdictions and judges, a comparison of ANDA case filings and outcomes with data from non-ANDA patent cases, breakthrough findings on patent age and expiration, as well as other charts and figures drawn from Lex Machina’s patent litigation database featuring integrated Orange […]
The world of U.S. patent litigation has changed dramatically in the last five years: total patent cases filed in district courts have more than doubled since 2008, the American Invents Act was passed in 2011 and took effect in 2012, and cases such as Apple-Samsung have captured headlines with eye-popping damages awards for patent infringement […]
From Silicon Valley to the Supreme Court, patents have become an inescapable part of the corporate and political landscapes in America. This year alone, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the highest proportion of IP cases in history. The patent case load of the district courts has […]
In 2011 Congress directed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the effects of non-practicing entities (NPEs) on patent litigation. The GAO turned to Lex Machina’s extensive data set on patent cases to carry out the study and to illuminate the role […]
Lex Machina worked with Santa Clara University Law School Professor Colleen Chien to identify the home state of all defendants in International Trade Commission cases from January 2011 through June 2012. This map was presented to Congress by Professor Chien in her […]
Cited in Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and other foreign press, Lex Machina uncovers all district court cases filed from 2006 through 2011 against mobile handset manufacturers in which a mobile handset was the accused product.
Congress has essentially asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office an impossible question: What would happen if prior user rights were implemented in the United States? More concretely, it has asked as to the impact of this defense on innovation, and as to non-U.S. implementations of prior user rights. But […]
Lex Machina investigates trends in generic drug litigation from January 1, 2006 to August 1, 2011. Using several basic econometric specifications, the study reviews settlement and other outcomes in ANDA litigation.
In a comprehensive study on the inequitable conduct defense, Lex Machina reports on inequitable conduct findings in federal district court patent litigation cases terminated between January 1, 2005 and May 31, 2010. The study covers pleadings, summary judgment, trial, post-trial, and appellate events and analyzes event phase and termination data.