Post #6: U.S. Patent Suit King

The article, Texas' Eastern District was U.S. patent suit king in 2012, illustrated that Texas’ Eastern District dealt with the most patent suits last year. Second place was the District of Delaware. However, the number of defendants dropped by around 16.5%. The main reason was that the plaintiffs can join in one suit, resulting in more separate law suits filed per plaintiff, which leads to more cases. This leaves out a lot of marginal law suits against the defendants. I suppose you can argue this turnout could be good or bad. The good side is that public resources can be saved for more severe cases. The bad side is that smaller cases, where patent infringement is genuinely occurring, are less likely to rule in favor of the plaintiff. I am actually surprised that the Northern District of California has the least patent suits. I thought there would be more suits here because of Silicon Valley’s many startups.

For more information on the article, please visit: http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/2013/02/eastern-district-was-us-patent-suit.html