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Intellectual Property

Nov. 7, 2015

Patent filings on pace to hit new high this year

The number of new patent lawsuits broke four-year records this year when they spiked and then plunged, reflecting an increasingly volatile litigation market.

Dorothy Atkins

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By Dorothy Atkins
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The number of new patent lawsuits broke four-year records this year when they spiked and then plunged, reflecting an increasingly volatile litigation market.

In the second quarter, 1,665 patent infringement lawsuits were filed nationally, according to recent data published by the Menlo Park-based company Lex Machina, which analyzes new case filings. Nearly half of those cases were in the East...

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