Figure 1: April 2015 litigation dropped 28% from last month.  For the first third of 2015, litigation is down 7.6% from the first third of 2014.   Figure 2: High-Tech had the majority of District Court and PTAB initiated disputes.   Figure 3: NPE litigation made up 62.6% of April 2015 initiated District Court cases, compared to 76.2%…

On May 14, 2015 Unified Patents (Unified) filed an inter-partes review (IPR) against patent owner Rothschild Broadcast Distribution Systems, LLC (Rothschild) in order to protect Content Delivery technologies from invalid NPE assertions. Rothschild claims its patent covers storing media content and delivering requested media content to a consumer device.  Rothschild has filed 10 cases against content delivery…

On May 18, 2015 Unified Patents (Unified) filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) against patent owner Olivistar, LLC (Olivistar) in order to protect Electronic Payment technologies from invalid NPE assertions. Olivistar claims its patents covers the storage of custom data based on an archived version.  Olivistar has filed 21 cases against Electronic Payment companies in March 2015. Unified independently filed 2 IPRs…

Data compiled by NGB, a Japanese IP Services company, and utilizing data from Unified Patents and Lex Machina, show that Asian companies are increasing their usage of PTAB. Some important findings include: – Most filings are NPE related. – Almost all filings are related to co-pending litigation in District Court – Asian PTAB filers by…

Figure 1: Only 12% of the almost 13,000 litigated patents (in district court) have been challenged before the PTAB since 2012.   Figure 2: The PTAB has ruled valid 62% of challenged claims based on termination in a Denial of Institution (approximately 6 months after filing) or in a Final Written Decision (approximately 18 months…