NPE 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...
Read full postEx Parte Reexam Filings Level Off as NHK-Fintiv Reforms Lessen Impact of Discretionary Denials
March 1, 2023
USPTO Director Kathi Vidal implemented a series of notable reforms in her first few months in office last year—most notably, a series of changes related to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB’s) practice of discretionarily denyi...
Read full postJudge Connolly’s Disclosure Push in Delaware Forces Top Filer to Change Course
February 22, 2023
Over the past several months, patent litigants have been closely watching a “Series of Extraordinary Events” that have been playing out in Delaware as the result of a pair of standing orders issued by Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly in Apr...
Read full postPTAB Institution Rate Rose After Vidal’s First Batch of NHK-Fintiv Reforms
February 15, 2023
RPX’s report on the fourth quarter and 2022 takes a close look at the significant changes that USPTO Director Kathi Vidal made last year to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in the wake of her April confirmation. Some of her most i...
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