First-Quarter NPE Filings Reach Highest Point Since Q1 2015
April 16, 2025
NPEs added 608 defendants to patent litigation campaigns in Q1 2025—more than in any first quarter since Q1 2015, when such plaintiffs added just under 1,000 defendants. NPE litigation in the first quarter of 2025 was 47% higher than in Q...
Read full postLitigation Against Copycats and Counterfeiters Surged Onward in Q4
April 2, 2025
RPX’s latest quarterly report shows that litigation from operating company plaintiffs went up by nearly 17% last year, with an even greater increase (38%) in the fourth quarter. However, this data exclude another distinct category of liti...
Read full postNPE Litigation Targeting Networking Products Jumped Last Year
March 19, 2025
In 2024, the market sector that saw the most substantial increase in NPE litigation was Networking, which went up by 88% compared to the year before. Other sectors that went up significantly last year were Financial Services (which went u...
Read full postDelaware Disclosure Debacle Depressed District’s NPE Filings in 2024
February 26, 2025
The Eastern District of Texas was the top patent district for overall litigation (i.e., with no filter for plaintiff type) and NPE litigation in 2024, also holding the fourth spot for operating company litigation. In second for overall liti...
Read full postInstitution Rates Declined in 2024 and Q4 as NHK-Fintiv Reforms Face Unclear Path
February 19, 2025
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial in 69% of the America Invents Act (AIA) review petitions addressed in 2024, a slight dip from the year prior (70%). The institution rate in Q4 alone was 61%, down from 69% in that sa...
Read full postOperating Company Litigation Surged in Q4 2024
February 12, 2025
Operating companies added 352 defendants to patent litigation campaigns in Q4 2024, a 38% increase compared to the fourth quarter of 2023. This past quarter, operating company filings were 25% higher than in Q3 2024 and were 38% greater tha...
Read full postReexams Surged in 2024 as NHK-Fintiv Faces Uncertainty in the New Year
January 29, 2025
A cloud of uncertainty surrounds the PTAB’s discretionary denial practices under the NHK-Fintiv rule in the new year, between potential policy changes on the horizon due to the presidential transition and an ongoing legal challenge. One r...
Read full postWest Texas Reforms Trimmed Judge Albright’s Caseload in 2024 as Another Judge Aimed to Fill the Void
January 22, 2025
The Western District of Texas has slid in the NPE rankings due to case assignment reforms that targeted the former concentration of patent litigation before District Judge Alan D. Albright of the Waco Division, once the nation’s top paten...
Read full postNPE Litigation Rose Substantially in 2024 and Q4
January 15, 2025
NPE patent litigation increased significantly in 2024. This past year, NPEs added 1,889 defendants to patent litigation campaigns, an increase of 21.6% compared to 2023 (when such plaintiffs added 1,553 defendants). ...
Read full postNumerous Online Storefronts Targeted over Counterfeit Products in Q3
December 18, 2024
RPX’s latest quarterly report shows that operating company plaintiffs added 283 defendants to patent litigation campaigns in Q3 2024, which was up by 11% from the year-ago quarter, up by 13% compared to the trailing Q3 average for 2021-20...
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