Q3 in Review: US NPE Upswing Continues as UPC Comes Further into Focus
October 8, 2024
US patent litigation continued to rise in the third quarter of 2024, increasing by 20% compared to Q3 2023. NPE filings went up for the third quarter in a row, rising by 27% in Q3, while operating company filings ticked upward by 11%. Addit...
Read full postQ2 in Review: PTAB Reforms Face New Challenges as China Targets Foreign Pools
July 9, 2024
NPE litigation continued on an upward trend in the second quarter of 2024, rising by 19% compared to Q2 2023. Building on a significant increase in the first quarter, NPE filings were up by 21% in the first half of the year. In addition, th...
Read full postQ1 in Review: US NPE Litigation Bounces Back as EU SEP Proposal Moves Forward
April 9, 2024
NPE litigation in the US was up by 24% in the first quarter of 2024, with the bulk of those cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas after developments in two former NPE hotspots—the District of Delaware and the Western District of Te...
Read full postQ4 in Review: NPE Litigation Gap Narrows as Top SEP Venues Compete for Jurisdiction
January 9, 2024
NPEs filed 30% less patent litigation in 2023 than they did the year before. This gap was far smaller, however, when accounting for the impact of two notable developments in 2022: a mostly unbroken pause in new litigation from IP Edge LLC d...
Read full postQ3 in Review: PTAB Rulemaking Push Continues as US Weighs More Active SEP Approach
October 10, 2023
NPE litigation was down by 34% in Q1-Q3 2023, a dip once again caused by two significant changes last year: a pause in new complaints from former top filer IP Edge LLC, and a judge assignment order that has made the Western District of Texa...
Read full postQ2 in Review: Proposed PTAB Reforms Spark Debate as UK Court Doubles Down on SEP Approach
July 11, 2023
NPEs filed 34% less patent litigation in the first half of 2023 than they did during the same period last year. However, that downturn was again largely the result of two key developments in 2022: a prolonged pause in litigation from a once...
Read full postQ1 in Review: West Texas Reforms Upend US Venue Rankings as SEP Landscape Shifts in Europe
April 11, 2023
The first quarter of 2023 ended with a 36% slowdown in NPE litigation. Much of that drop, however, was the result of two significant events last year: one formerly prolific litigant’s decision to pause all filings due to pressure over tra...
Read full postQ4 in Review: NPE Litigation Holds Steady in 2022 Despite Top Venue Headwinds
January 10, 2023
The story of patent litigation in 2022 was one of ongoing stability—at least, for NPEs. This past year, NPE filing levels were virtually the same as 2021, continuing a long-term trend, with Q4 unchanged as well. NPEs maintained that statu...
Read full postQ3 in Review: NPEs Cling to West Texas as Vidal Continues to Shape PTAB Policy
October 11, 2022
NPE litigation has held steady so far in 2022, with Q1-Q3 filing levels essentially unchanged from that same period in 2021, despite what has become a familiar dip in filings from the second quarter to the third. This year, patent plaintiff...
Read full postQ2 in Review: NPE Litigation Rebounds as Vidal Kicks Off PTAB Reform Efforts
July 12, 2022
NPE litigation in the first half of 2022 came in slightly ahead of the same period in 2021, with the second quarter making up the difference from a relatively slower Q1—yielding the busiest first half of the year for NPE litigation since ...
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