Operating Company Litigation Hitting the Same Top Market Sectors as Last Year
December 18, 2019
RPX data show that in 2019 to date, operating companies have added the most defendants to litigation campaigns in three market sectors—the same ranking as in 2018: Consumer Products (accounting for 38% of defendants added), Biotech and Ph...
Read full postWhen Plaintiffs Win in Chinese Patent Cases, Injunction Grant Rates Are High, Regardless of Party Nationality
December 11, 2019
RPX data show that Chinese courts consistently grant permanent injunctions in patent infringement cases at a much higher rate—upwards of 90%—than US patent plaintiffs are used to seeing. Moreover, those rates are high for both foreign a...
Read full postPatent Plaintiffs in China Succeed More Often with Design Patents than Utility Patents
December 4, 2019
RPX data on Chinese patent litigation show that plaintiffs win a favorable judgment more than half of the time in cases asserting all three types of Chinese patents, and most often for design patents. Moreover, in infringement cases decided...
Read full postIn China, the Greatest Number of Decided Cases Concern Design Patents
November 27, 2019
RPX data on Chinese patent litigation show that cases asserting design patents make up the greatest share of lawsuits that have reached a judgment—more than the country’s other two patent types combined. From 2006 through August 2019, d...
Read full postThe Types of Chinese Patents: Data Breakdown and Overview
November 20, 2019
The Chinese patent system offers three types of patents, varying in the type and duration of protection offered as well as the level of examination they receive. The latest available annual data on Chinese patents illustrate the breakdown o...
Read full postThree Market Sectors Remain the Most Popular for NPE Litigation
November 13, 2019
So far this year, RPX data show that NPEs have added the greatest number of defendants to litigation campaigns in three market sectors—the same ranking as in 2018: E-Commerce and Software (accounting for 25% of defendants added), Consumer...
Read full postFederal Circuit Frequently Affirms Most Issues Appealed from District Court Patent Cases
November 6, 2019
RPX data show that the Federal Circuit affirms more than half of appeals from district court patent cases on several of the top issues appealed. Notably, the court tends to uphold claim construction rulings: in appeals decided from 2013 thr...
Read full postPatent Litigation Ticks Upward in Q3 2019
October 30, 2019
RPX data shows that plaintiffs added 1,007 defendants to district court patent cases in the third quarter of 2019, around 10.4% more than in that same quarter last year (which saw 912 defendants added). The third quarter also outpaced Q2 20...
Read full postAlice’s Post-Berkheimer Decline Continues, with Summary Judgment Hit the Hardest
October 23, 2019
RPX data shows that Section 101 invalidation rates have remained significantly lower since the Federal Circuit’s February 2018 decisions in Berkheimer and Aatrix, which held that dismissal under Alice may be premature where a party raises...
Read full postAIA Review Filings Increase from Q2, While Iancu Pushes Forward with PTAB Reforms
October 16, 2019
In the third quarter of 2019, 335 petitions for America Invents Act (AIA) review were filed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), including 325 petitions for inter partes review (IPR), zero petitions for covered business method (...
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