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Since its inception in September 2012, Inter-Partes Review (IPR) has emerged as a powerful  tool to challenge the validity of patents in lawsuits. We have... Read More »

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... Read More »

Couple of weeks ago we reported that Zond ranked first among patent owners with 125 IPR challenges filed against 10 of its patents. This week we delved into the... Read More »

Last week, we released the top 10 patent owners whose patents had been challenged the most since the inception of Inter-Partes Review (IPR). Zond ranked first with a... Read More »

The last few weeks, our Data Science Team analyzed the most active petitioners in Inter-Partes Review (IPR) cases. Now we have turned our attention towards the patent ... Read More »

This week, our Data Science Team continued reviewing Apple’s IPR cases with a focus on patent owners. We wanted to learn which entities had their patents... Read More »

This week, Patexia Data Science Team continued reviewing Apple’s IPR challenges. However, we turned our attention towards PTAB Panel of Administrative Judges... Read More »

In last couple of weeks we reported that Apple, with 267 IPR challenges filed since 2012, has been at the top, responsible for almost 5 percent of all challenges... Read More »

Last week we reported on the top 10 all-time IPR petitioners and learned that Apple, with 267 IPR challenges filed from 2012 through 2016, was at the top. This... Read More »

A few weeks ago we reported a sharp decline in patent litigation in 2016 of more than 20 percent. However, activity for Inter-Partes Review (IPR) remained basically... Read More »

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... Read More »

Last year we saw a sharp decline in patent litigation. Q4 ended with 21 percent drop compared to Q4 of 2015. In 2016, total of 5,086 patent lawsuits were filed across ... Read More »

Nokia sues Apple for infringing patents, industry back on war footing | Reuters Nokia Corp (NOKIA.HE) said on Wednesday it had filed a number of lawsuits against Apple... Read More »

This week our Data Science Team decided to go one step further and review the Institution Denial rate for patents challenged from 2012 through 2015. We learned that... Read More »

Every month the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) releases their AIA Trial statistics which includes the Inter-Partes Review (IPR) denial and institution rates as... Read More »

Over the past couple of weeks, our Data Science Team has focused on analyzing the USPTO examiners’ data as well as different Art Units. This week, we decided to ... Read More »

This week, Patexia Data Science team expanded the USPTO examiner study from last week to identify the Art Units with the highest and lowest allowance rates. Art Unit... Read More »

This week at Patexia, our Data Science Team analyzed over 7 million patent applications and reviewed the allowance rates for the USPTO examiners over the past several ... Read More »

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... Read More »

This week at Patexia, our Data Science Team investigated third quarter changes in the number of registered patent practitioners. Examining data from the USPTO... Read More »