Friday, 16 March 2018

VPATAPP Alert_United States: 2017 Patent Litigation: A Statistical Overview



Article by Parithosh Tungaturthi; Seyfarth Shaw LLP

It was a busy year for patent litigation across the broad, including the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB), U.S. District Courts (USDC), Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), and the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). A quick look at the number of patent litigation cases filed over the years, particularly the last five years, show that while there has been a decrease in the number of cases filed with the USDC, the filings with the PTAB and CAFC saw a significant increase.


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