February 2015 Patent Dispute Report

Figure 1: February 2015 had 10% more District Court cases initiated than last year and 9% more than last month.

Month	Non-NPE	NPE
Feb. 2014	141	304
Jan. 2015	189	262
Feb. 2015	171	321

Non-NPE

Figure 2: High-Tech had the majority of District Court and PTAB initiated disputes.

Month	Litigation	PTAB
High-Tech	353	105
Medical	91	38
Other	48	32

Litigation

Figure 3: NPE litigation made up 65% of February 2015 initiated District Court cases, compared to 68% in February 2014 and 58% in January 2015.

Litigation	Quantity
NPE	321
Non-NPE	171

Non-NPE

Figure 4: NPE litigation made up 86% of February 2015 High-Tech cases, compared to 84% in February 2014 and 79% in January 2015.

High-Tech Litigation	Quantity
NPE	305
Non-NPE	48

Non-NPE

Figure 5:  In February 2015, the majority of High-Tech PTAB Petitions were filed against NPEs.

High Tech PTAB	Quantity
NPE	61
Non-NPE	44

Non-NPE