1,138 patent cases were filed in the second quarter of 2017, a 18% increase over number of cases filed in the first quarter of 2017. A similar increase from the first to second quarter has happened in each of the previous 4 years. Although the number of cases filed in the first quarter of 2017 was one of the lowest in the last 5 years, the first half of 2017 only trails 2016’s first half by 7%.
As the next step in bringing Legal Analytics to more areas of the law, Lex Machina has expanded our coverage of employment cases pending January 1, 2009 through the present. Our employment module offers the same ease-of-use and intuitiveness as our other practice areas, but introduces new tags, […]
Lex Machina is excited to add over 60,000 cases to our Legal Analytics platform with a new module for commercial litigation. Commercial litigation is the business mainstay of many firms, a concern for nearly any corporation, and a big step for Lex Machina towards making Legal Analytics available […]
On Monday, May 22, 2017, the Supreme Court issued a slip opinion in the case TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group LLC (Dkt. No. 16-341).
The court unanimously* held that, under 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b) (the statute governing venue in patent […]
938 patent cases were filed in the first quarter of 2017. This was the lowest per-quarter filings of any quarter since 2011 Q3 (although just barely – there were 963 cases filed in Q1 of […]
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 […]
Last week on December 15, a jury in the awarded Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC a record-setting $2.54 billion in damages against Gilead Sciences, Inc. (case no. 1:14-cv-0846 in the District of Delaware). The amount was based on a reasonable […]
In October, Lex Machina wrapped up its annual two-day company retreat. As a running tradition, Owen Byrd, Chief Evangelist & General Counsel, challenged the company with a community kindness outreach […]
Design patents, the kind at issue in the Apple-Samsung case now before the U.S. Supreme Court, are a small but important part of the patent litigation picture.
Cases involving at least one design patent […]
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 […]