Despite a decline of 10 percent in patent litigation filings across the country, the Eastern District of Texas is more popular than ever. With 912 lawsuits filed in the first half of 2014, the Eastern District of Texas saw a 26 percent increase in patent lawsuits being filed. Almost half of these cases were filed by ten plaintiffs. The busiest judge, with more than 860 open patent cases, is Judge Gilstrap in Marshall. Although still popular among plaintiffs, the Eastern District of Texas appears – statistically – to be becoming less plaintiff-friendly. A study by Lex Machina, a California company that supplies legal data, found that from 2000 through 2013, plaintiffs in the Eastern District of Texas lose as often as they win. Plaintiffs won their cases through summary judgment or jury verdict 2.43 percent of the time; defendants won 2.45 percent of the time. Additionally, the median damage award in the Eastern District of Texas since 2000 has been comparable to other jurisdictions. Although the reputation that the Eastern District of Texas is “plaintiff friendly” may be slowly deteriorating, the number of patent litigation filings is continuing to rise.

Source: http://www.dallasnews.com/business/headlines/20140828-patent-cases-still-pour-into-east-texas.ece

For more information on this topic, please visit our patent litigation service page.

Klemchuk LLP is an Intellectual Property (IP), Technology, Internet, and Business law firm located in Dallas, TX.  The firm offers comprehensive legal services including litigation and enforcement of all forms of IP as well as registration and licensing of patents, trademarks, trade dress, and copyrights.  The firm also provides a wide range of technology, Internet, e-commerce, and business services including business planning, formation, and financing, mergers and acquisitions, business litigation, data privacy, and domain name dispute resolution.  Additional information about the IP law firm and its IP law attorneys may be found at www.klemchuk.com.

Klemchuk LLP hosts Culture Counts, a blog devoted to the discussion of law firm culture and corporate core values with frequent topics about positive work environment, conscious capitalism, entrepreneurial management, positive workplace culture, workplace productivity, and corporate core values.