Early “Stanley Steamer” Patent: Ushering in the Age of the Automobile
September 11, 2019
On this day in 1900, a patent issued for an early steam-engine vehicle naming twin inventors Francis and Freelan Stanley: US Patent No. 657,711, “Motor Vehicle (placing of parts)”. The Stanley brothers would soon form the Stanley Motor ...
Read full postTop Market Sectors by Defendants Added
September 4, 2019
Patent litigation dynamics vary industry to industry. To enable more granular analyses of these dynamics, RPX manually reviews and categorizes the accused products in each patent case and assigns those cases a market sector. The graph below...
Read full postA Closer Look at the Total PTAB Petitions Filed in Q2
August 28, 2019
During the second quarter of 2019, 315 petitions for America Invents Act (AIA) review were filed with the PTAB, including 306 petitions for inter partes review (IPR), zero petitions for covered business method (CBM) review, and nine petiti...
Read full postThe Patent Behind the Calculator
August 21, 2019
For our members and other professionals working in the financial sector, using math and calculators is an everyday necessity. Did you know you can thank William Burroughs for that invention? On this day in 1888, Mr. Burroughs patented the f...
Read full postWestern District of Texas in the Top Five for All Patent Litigation and NPE Cases
August 14, 2019
In Q2 2019, the Western District of Texas became one of the five most popular districts for patent litigation in the US, after breaking into the top five for NPE cases in Q1. The Western District has seen a surge of interest since the confi...
Read full postThe Patent Behind the Diesel Engine
August 7, 2019
On August 9, 1898, engineer Rudolf Diesel was granted US Patent No. 608,845 for an “internal combustion engine,” which would later become better known as the diesel engine. Today, diesel engines are used throughout the world, m...
Read full postChina by the Numbers
July 31, 2019
RPX’s dataset on Chinese litigation covers approximately 21,000 cases and more than ten years of litigation history. Taking a closer look at the decade, the amount of patent litigation lawsuits in Chinese courts has nearly tripled. In the...
Read full postFederal Circuit Appeals by Industry
July 24, 2019
Pharma / biotech cases are among the most often appealed from district courts to the Federal Circuit, with consumer products and e-commerce and software trailing closely behind. ...
Read full postBillions in Avoided Costs
July 17, 2019
Since RPX’s founding in 2008, we have deployed $2.6B to acquire rights to more than 47,500 patent assets on behalf our members. Our efforts have helped them collectively avoid thousands of lawsuits and more than $4B in legal and settlemen...
Read full post950 Defendants Added to Campaigns in Q2 2019
July 10, 2019
US patent litigation filings increased overall during Q2 2019. More than 950 total defendants were added to campaigns during the quarter, with over 560 of those defendants sued by NPEs. This represents a 36.7% increase in NPE litigation com...
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