Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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We have analyzed all the patent-related CAFC appeals, originating from the PTAB, ITC or district courts. The analysis covers a 5-year period, from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2020. Our first CAFC Intelligence Report will be released tomorrow. The…
Last month we released our fifth annual IPR Intelligence Report. This popular IP report evaluates all stakeholders in Inter-Partes Review (IPR) proceedings each year. The report ranks IPR firms, attorneys, petitioners, patent owners and judges under…
Patents have been often considered as safeguards for your inventions, as long as they fall under the “patentable” category and meet the novelty, non-obvious, and utility requirements. Partnering with the best law firm while minimizing the costs…
Patent litigation remained strong in the second quarter of 2021. District court litigation, in particular, increased 11% in Q2 compared to Q1. Inter-Partes Review also went up 17% in Q2. This week, we will look at the IP trends in the first half of 2021 as…
The first quarter of 2021 just ended but several recent trials in Waco, Texas including the famous VLSI Technology vs. Intel, which resulted in a $2.18B verdict , garnered all the attention of the patent community. Patent litigation continues to grow as…
UNILOC 2017 LLC v. FACEBOOK INC. Before Lourie, Wallach, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) does not preclude Federal Circuit review of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s post-institution…
Earlier this year, we reviewed the sharp increase in patent litigation in 2020 ( Patexia Insight 96 ). District Court patent cases rose 17 percent in 2020 compared to 2019 (excluding ANDA cases). This trend seems to continue in 2021 as filing activity in…
Update: Thanks to one of our readers who discovered an error in our ITC numbers for Q3. We have already updated the article with the correct data. The third quarter of 2020 is over and despite the pandemic, so far this year has been one of the more active…
NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY Before Prost, Newman, and Bryson. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Summary: A party joined to an IPR under 35 U.S.C.…
Earlier this month we released our 2020 IPR Intelligence Report where we covered the top IPR law firms and attorneys by activity, success and performance. This 129-page report covered 7,708 IPR petitions filed in a 5-year period between July 1, 2015 and…
ALACRITECH, INC. V. INTEL CORP., CAVIUM, LLC, DELL, INC. Before Stoll, Chen, and Moore. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The PTAB’s obviousness determination must meet the Administrative Procedure Act’s requirements to be…
ESIP SERIES 2, LLC V. PUZHEN LIFE USA, LLC Before Reyna, Lourie, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The PTAB’s determination that an IPR petition identifies all real parties in interest is final and non-appealable.…
