Established Monetizers, Funded Plaintiffs, and Inventor-Controlled NPEs Targeted E‑Commerce and Software in Q3
December 10, 2025
The top market sector for NPE litigation in Q3 2025 was E-Commerce and Software, accounting for 41% of the defendants added to patent litigation campaigns during the quarter. Consumer Electronics and PCs saw the second highest amount of NPE...
Read full postJudge Gilstrap Stayed on Top in Q3 as Judge Counts Held onto Second Place
December 3, 2025
The top district judge for patent litigation in Q3 2025 was Eastern District of Texas Judge Rodney Gilstrap, who passed his district’s chief judgeship to Judge Amos L. Mazzant in March 2025. ...
Read full postReexams Jumped in Q3 as Petitioners Faced IPR Constraints
November 19, 2025
The USPTO continued to expand the use of discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in Q3 2025 through a series of decisions and rule changes that have collectively made it harder for patent defendants to win institut...
Read full postEast Texas Stayed on Top in Q3 Amid Notable Verdict Activity
October 29, 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 Q3 2025, also holding the number-four spot for operating company litigation. In second for over...
Read full postInstitution Rates Dropped Further as Stewart Continued Discretionary Denial Expansion
October 22, 2025
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial in just 35% of the America Invents Act (AIA) review petitions addressed in Q3, a significant drop from that same quarter last year (during which the institution rate was 72%) and fro...
Read full postNPE Filings Increased by 10% in the Third Quarter
October 16, 2025
NPEs added 530 defendants to patent litigation campaigns in Q3 2025, a 10% increase from the third quarter last year. Q3 NPE filings were 9% less than in Q2 2025 but exceeded the trailing Q3 average for 2022-2024 by 12%. So far this year, N...
Read full postPatent Owners Sued Numerous Online Storefronts Selling Counterfeits in Q2
September 25, 2025
RPX’s latest quarterly report shows that litigation from operating company plaintiffs went up by 9% in the first half of 2025, also increasing by 14% in the second quarter. However, these data exclude another distinct category of litigati...
Read full postMonetization Firms and Veteran Assertion Professionals Targeted E-Commerce and Software Sector in Q2
September 10, 2025
The top market sector for NPE litigation in Q2 2025 was E-Commerce and Software, accounting for 44% of the defendants added to patent litigation campaigns during the quarter. Networking saw the second highest amount of NPE litigation in Q2,...
Read full postJudge Counts Pulled Further Ahead in Q2 as Judge Albright Shifted to Austin
August 28, 2025
Eastern District of Texas Judge Rodney Gilstrap, who served as his district’s chief judge until March 1, 2025, was once again the nation’s top district judge by a large margin—overseeing 19% of all new patent litigation in the second ...
Read full postReexams 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...
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