Intellectual Property
Dec. 5, 2014
Patent case filings on pace to reach three-year nadir
Plaintiffs are currently on pace to file the fewest patent lawsuits in three years, following a sustained period of lackluster litigation activity over the second half of 2014, according to a new round of data.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Plaintiffs are currently on pace to file the fewest patent lawsuits in three years, following a sustained period of lackluster litigation activity over the second half of 2014, according to a new round of data.
Federal courts have received 4,564 cases through eleven months of this year compared to 5,663 cases over the same period in a record-setting 2013, a near 20 percent drop in filings. The courts als...
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