Overall Trend Figure 1: In 2015, Patent Troll disputes is projected to exceed 7000. Figure 2: In 2015, Eastern District of Texas overtook PTAB as the top venue for patent disputes. Figure 3: In 2015, PTAB filings continue to increase. Figure 4: In Q2 2015, PTAB petitions reached 32.1% of initiated litigations. District Court Litigations Figure 5: First half of 2015…
NPE Activity in Automotive Zone
Table 1: Almost all litigation in the Automotive Sector is NPE based The Automotive sector has seen an significant increase in litigation over the last several years. Unified studied litigation against the largest Automotive OEMs and Suppliers from January 1, 2012 to June 12, 2015. Almost all the growth can be attributed to NPEs. 88% of…
Unified Files to Invalidate TransVideo Electronics' Patent
On June 29, 2015 Unified Patents (Unified) filed an Inter Parts Review (I PR) against patent owner Trans Video Electronics, Ltd (T V E) in order to protect Content Delivery technologies from invalid NPE assertions. T V E claims its patent covers the on-demand delivery of content over a network. T V E has filed 10 cases against…
Toyota and Honda Join Unified Patents’ New Automotive Zone
Global automotive leaders now members of Unified Patents newest defensive Zone Los Altos, CA, June 9, 2015 – Unified Patents announced today that Toyota and Honda have joined its recently established Automotive Zone. The Automotive Zone is Unified Patents’ fifth Zone, each of which provides strategic protection to subscribed members. The others include Wireless, Cloud…
May 2015 Patent Dispute Report
Figure 1: May 2015 had 10% more District Court cases initiated than last year and 45.7% more than last month. Figure 2: High-Tech had the majority of District Court and P TAB initiated disputes. Figure 3: NPE litigation made up 69.8% of May 2015 initiated District Court cases, compared to 57.9% in May…