Waco NPE Litigation Falls to Half of Peak Levels Due to West Texas Order Targeting Judge Albright
May 31, 2023
RPX’s latest quarterly report details a noteworthy shift in patent venue trends in Q1 2023, as the Western District of Texas fell out of first place for overall patent litigation filed this past quarter—the first time it has not been th...
Read full postPTAB Institution Rates Held Steady in Q1 as Vidal’s NHK-Fintiv Reform Push Continued
May 24, 2023
Institution rates in America Invents Act (AIA) review trials were relatively stable in the first quarter of 2023, which came in at 65%—slightly higher than Q1 2022 (when the rate was 62%) but lower than Q4 2022 (68%). ...
Read full postDelaware Took the Lead in Q1—but Chief Judge’s Transparency Push Gave NPEs Pause
May 17, 2023
The District of Delaware was the top district for overall patent litigation and operating company litigation in Q1 2023, overtaking the Western District of Texas in the former category for the first time since Q2 2020. West Texas fell to se...
Read full postA 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...
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