A Monetization Firm, a Growing Web of Related NPEs, and a Variety of Inventor-Controlled Plaintiffs Targeted E-Commerce and Software in Q1
May 10, 2023
The top market sector for NPE litigation in Q1 2023 was E-Commerce and Software, accounting for 28% of new defendants added to patent litigation campaigns. Consumer Electronics and PCs saw the second highest amount of NPE litigation in the ...
Read full postWaco NPE Filings Still Dominated by “Legacy” Campaigns—and Judge Albright
May 3, 2023
One of the most notable events shaping patent litigation in the past year was a key change targeting Western District of Texas Judge Alan D. Albright. In July 2022, the district’s chief judge imposed a case assignment order designed to cl...
Read full postReexam Filings Continue to Dip Following Director Vidal’s NHK-Fintiv Guidance
April 26, 2023
In the first quarter, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB’s) practice of discretionarily denying institution in America Invents Act (AIA) reviews based on the status of parallel district court litigation—known as the NHK-Fintiv ...
Read full postNPE Filings in Waco Swing Downward Due to West Texas Judge Assignment Order
April 19, 2023
On July 25, 2022, the now-former chief judge of the Western District of Texas, Orlando L. Garcia, issued a standing order that was designed to reduce the concentration of patent litigation before District Judge Alan D. Albright. Rules previ...
Read full postDecline in Q1 NPE Litigation Mainly Triggered by IP Edge’s Pause and Changes in West Texas
April 12, 2023
NPEs added 333 defendants to patent litigation campaigns in the first quarter of 2023, a decrease of 190 (36%) compared to Q1 2022, when NPEs added 523 defendants. Defendants Added Change Compared to: Q1 2023 Q1 2022 Q1 2020-2022 ...
Read full postOver Half of Q4 Patent Litigation Targeted Online Sellers of Copycat Products
April 5, 2023
RPX’s latest quarterly report shows that operating companies added 236 defendants to patent litigation campaigns in Q4 2022, or about 24% less than the year-ago quarter, 5% lower than Q3 2022, and 28% less than the trailing quarterly aver...
Read full postWaco Cases in New Patent Campaigns Are Now More Evenly Distributed Among Judges
March 29, 2023
RPX’s fourth-quarter report takes a deep dive into the impact of a July 25, 2022 order in West Texas that was designed to reduce the concentration of patent cases before District Judge Alan D. Albright. While prior rules allowed plaintiff...
Read full postJudge Albright Topped the Rankings Last Year Despite Order Seeking Dispersal of Waco’s Patent Cases
March 22, 2023
The nation’s top district judge in 2022, with 14% of new patent litigation filed in his courtroom, was District Judge Alan D. Albright of the Western District of Texas, while District Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas...
Read full postPTAB Petitions Held Steady in 2022 as Vidal Pushed Forward on Sanctions for Abuse of Process
March 15, 2023
Last year, validity challenges at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) essentially matched 2021 levels as USPTO Director Kathi Vidal moved forward on a series of promised reforms. In 2022, 1,358 petitions for America Invents Act (AIA) r...
Read full postJudge Albright Still Gets Most West Texas Patent Cases After Judge Reassignment Order
March 8, 2023
Last year, the former Chief Judge of the Western District of Texas, Orlando L. Garcia, sought to address criticisms surrounding the concentration of patent cases before Waco District Judge Alan D. Albright with an order designed to redistri...
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