PTAB Petitions Dip as Vidal Wields Director Review Power to Address Uncertainty
June 5, 2024
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) saw 328 petitions for America Invents Act (AIA) review in the first quarter of 2024, including 322 petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and six petitions for post-grant review (PGR). Filings were ...
Read full postNPEs Linked to Familiar Monetization Professionals and Inventors Hit E‑Commerce and Software in Q1
May 22, 2024
The top market sector for NPE litigation in Q1 2024 was E-Commerce and Software, accounting for 33% of the defendants added to patent litigation campaigns. Consumer Electronics and PCs saw the second highest amount of NPE litigation in the ...
Read full postAs PTAB Institution Rates Dip Slightly, USPTO Releases Slimmed-Down Reform Package
May 15, 2024
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial for 68% of the America Invents Act (AIA) review petitions addressed in Q1 2024, down from that same quarter last year (during which the institution rate was 72%) but up slightly from...
Read full postJudge Albright Slides to Third Place as Parties Spar over Venue Caselaw
May 8, 2024
Eastern District of Texas Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap had the most overall patent litigation last quarter, seeing 18% of the defendants added in Q1. Western District of Texas Judge Alan D. Albright was tied for a distant third place with Di...
Read full postEx Parte Reexam Requests Remain Near Their Peak Amid Ongoing NHK-Fintiv Uncertainty
April 24, 2024
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB’s) practice of discretionarily denying inter partes review (IPR) petitions due to the status of parallel litigation, known as the NHK-Fintiv rule, has long been a source of uncertainty for paten...
Read full postDelaware Trailed in Q1 NPE Rankings as Judge Connolly Signaled Stronger Transparency Rules
April 17, 2024
The Eastern District of Texas was the top district for overall patent litigation (i.e., for all plaintiff types) and NPE litigation in Q1 2024, a rank it has held since Q2 of last year. In second place, with roughly half as much overall lit...
Read full postNPE Litigation Swung Upward by 24% in Q1 2024
April 10, 2024
NPEs added 420 defendants to patent litigation campaigns in Q1 2024, up by 24% from the same quarter last year (when NPEs added 339 defendants). First-quarter NPE filings fell by 13% compared to the trailing Q1 average for 2021-2023 and wer...
Read full postLitigation Targeting Counterfeit Products Spiked in Q4
March 27, 2024
RPX’s latest quarterly report shows that operating company plaintiffs added 1,161 defendants to patent litigation campaigns in 2023, an increase of 14.5% from the year before. Operating companies also added 283 defendants in Q4, a 19% ups...
Read full postPTAB Institution Rate Inches Up as USPTO Mulls NHK-Fintiv Changes, Revamps Director Review
March 13, 2024
The institution rate for America Invents Act (AIA) review petitions was 69% in 2023, climbing slightly from 68% the year before. However, the institution rate was 66% in the fourth quarter, falling from 69% in Q4 2022. ...
Read full postMonetization Firms and Inventor-Managed NPEs Hit E-Commerce and Software in Q4
March 6, 2024
The top market sector for NPE litigation in Q4 2023 was E-Commerce and Software, accounting for 35% of new defendants added to patent litigation campaigns. Networking saw the second highest amount of NPE litigation in the fourth quarter, fo...
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