Reexams Rose as Discretionary Denial Changes Constrained IPRs
August 20, 2025
In the second quarter of 2025, Acting USPTO Director Coke Morgan Stewart continued to roll back restrictions on discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), causing a drop in America Invents Act (AIA) review institutio...
Read full postEast Texas Topped the Charts Once Again in Q2 as Government Pushed Judge Gilstrap on NPE Injunctions
July 30, 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 Q2 2025, also taking the number-three spot for operating company litigation. In second for both...
Read full postPTAB Institution Rate Dropped in Q2 After USPTO Removed Fintiv Restrictions
July 23, 2025
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial for 51% of the America Invents Act (AIA) review petitions addressed in Q2 2025, down substantially from that same quarter last year (during which the institution rate was 75%) and fr...
Read full postNPE Filings Swung Upward in 1H 2025, Boosted by Surge in Q1
July 16, 2025
NPEs added 1,189 defendants to patent litigation campaigns in the first half of 2025, a 30% increase from that same period last year (when NPEs added 916 defendants)—bolstered in part by an especially large upswing in Q1, which saw the mo...
Read full postNumerous Storefronts Selling Counterfeits Targeted by Patent Owners in Q1
June 25, 2025
RPX’s latest quarterly report shows that litigation from operating company plaintiffs went up by 12% in Q1 2025, also decreasing by 11% compared to the fourth quarter. However, these data exclude another distinct category of litigation fi...
Read full postE-Commerce and Software Space Hit by Familiar Figures in Q1
June 11, 2025
The top market sector for NPE litigation in Q1 2025 was E-Commerce and Software, accounting for 43% of the defendants added to patent litigation campaigns during the quarter. Financial Services saw the second highest amount of NPE litigatio...
Read full postPTAB Petitions Increase as Board Faces Sweeping Changes from Recently Reintroduced Bill
May 28, 2025
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) saw 366 petitions for America Invents Act (AIA) review in the first quarter of 2025, including 347 petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and 19 petitions for post-grant review (PGR). Filings were u...
Read full postEast Texas Stayed in First Place in Q1, Trailed by Delaware and West Texas
May 21, 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 Q1 2025, also holding the number-three spot for operating company litigation. In second for ove...
Read full postReexams Leveled Off in Q1, But Data Indicate Continued Shift Away from AIA Reviews
May 14, 2025
Acting USPTO Director Coke Morgan Stewart revamped the standards governing discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in Q1 2025—withdrawing guidance from her predecessor, Kathi Vidal, that limited the NHK-Fintiv ru...
Read full postWest Texas Judge Climbs the Rankings Using Judge Albright’s Playbook
April 30, 2025
NPE filings in the Western District of Texas dipped dramatically in the wake of rule changes that targeted the patent caseload of District Judge Alan D. Albright. While divisional rules once allowed Judge Albright, a former patent litigator...
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