Q4 in Review: NPEs Cap Off a Busy 2021 as SEP Policies Evolve in the US and UK
January 11, 2022
In 2021, NPE activity was up significantly despite ongoing uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The year ended with NPE patent litigation up by nearly 10%, even when omitting the file-and-settle activity of one particularly litigiou...
Read full postVeterans Day and Military Family Appreciation Month
November 11, 2021
RPX is pleased to commemorate Veterans Day as well as Military Family Appreciation Month. Veterans Day occurs on November 11 every year in the United States in honor of the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” o...
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Q3 in Review: The PTAB Reaches an Inflection Point as DOJ Touts New “Balanced” SEP Policy
October 12, 2021
The third quarter of 2021 saw NPEs file 18.1% more patent litigation compared to the same period in 2020. Year-to-date NPE activity is also up significantly, even when excluding the impact of certain file-and-settle litigation. However, the...
Read full postNDEAM 2021
October 4, 2021
RPX celebrates National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) by featuring Regas Woods. Woods was born with a congenital anomaly which did not allow his tibia and fibula to develop properly leading to both of his legs being amputate...
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Q2 in Review: Arthrex Creates a New IPR Review Pathway, and More NPEs Head to the ITC
July 13, 2021
As Q2 2021 comes to a close, year-to-date NPE litigation is up by 7% compared to the first half of 2020. Excluding certain file-and-settle activity, NPE assertions remain fairly stable compared to last year, while operating company litigati...
Read full postSupreme Court Leaves PTAB Intact, Gives USPTO Director Authority to Review IPR Decisions
June 24, 2021
A divided Supreme Court has issued its long-awaited decision in United States v. Arthrex, upholding the inter partes review (IPR) regime but giving the USPTO director much more power over the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in the proc...
Read full postQ1 in Review: Patent Litigation Surged as Third-Party Funding Further Unshackled NPEs
April 13, 2021
The first quarter of 2021 saw a marked increase in patent litigation as many of the same trends that drove filings last year continued to crystallize. In particular, more US patent litigation was filed in Q1 2021 than in any first quarter s...
Read full postNew Data Undermine Claims of Institutional Bias at the PTAB
April 6, 2021
Last year, RPX published a critique of an August 2020 amicus brief filed by US Inventor, Inc. (“USI”) in New Vision Gaming & Development v S.G. Gaming. The USI brief claimed to have found evidence of bias in the institution of Ame...
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