Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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Written by Mark Speegle and Sean Murray Edited by John Sganga , Joseph Cianfrani , and Boris Zelkind On July 14, 2017, in a stunning reversal of fortune, a federal court in San Jose, CA, which had previously set aside a $200 million jury verdict in favor…
Written by Stephanie M. Johnson and Paul Stewart Edited by John Sganga , Joseph Cianfrani , and Boris Zelkind On July 18, 2017, after two years of litigation and a jury trial, a Texas federal court ordered Eli Lilly & Co. (“Eli Lilly”) to pay…
In the first half of 2017, we saw a continued decline in patent litigation. District court litigation was down 14 percent to 2,039, compared to 2,482 in the first half of 2016. As for quarterly comparisons, we observed a modest increase of about 10 percent…
Written by Chang Lim and Michael L. Fuller Introduction On May 23, 2017, the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (“District Court”) denied a motion for summary judgment that the patent claims asserted in a lawsuit brought by…
In the first quarter of 2017 we saw a continued decline in patent litigation. The district court litigation was down 26 percent to 1,012, compared to 1,346 in Q4 of 2016. And it was down 5 percent year over year (1,067 in Q1 of 2016). For the same period,…
With its seminal patents and continual patent enforcement activity, hybrid vehicle technology company Paice has been a frequent subject of discussion in this space. In fact, my first post almost ten years ago was about the company’s litigation with…
Recalibration of Venue Could Change Face of Patent Litigation As most are well aware, the patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b), provides that patent infringement actions “may be brought in the judicial district where the defendant resides .…
By Barry Herman By now, most everyone in the patent community has heard about the $2.54 Billion dollar jury verdict in a battle over Hepatitis C medication that resulted from a jury trial in December 2016. In Delaware federal district court, Idenix…
Last week we published patent litigation stats for 2016 as we learned that the numbers of District Court Cases had declined more than 20 percent compared to 2015. Several readers asked us if we can compare the total number of unique patents asserted in…
Several weeks ago we analyzed the IPR data for Q3 which has been steadily rising since September 2012. This week, our Data Science Team decided to look into Covered Business Method (CBM) Review, which is the second most popular type of Patent Office Trial…
“All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.” -- Sunset Boulevard (1950) The Supreme Court decision Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank , 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014) pronounced, in no uncertain terms, preemption “drives” patent subject…
As Q3 of 2016 ended last Friday, we looked at the quarterly numbers for patent litigation in district courts as well as Inter-Partes Review (IPR) challenges filed before the PTAB. In those three months, there were 1,182 patent lawsuits filed in different…
