NPE litigation activity in Q3 2016 (about 700 defendants) slightly trailed Q2 (about 800 defendants), sustaining a pace well above the first-quarter lull. Again, we saw some volatility, this time marked by a modest spike early in the quarter, primarily driven by familiar faces in NPE litigation. By volume, top NPE campaigns so far for the…
Read full postTwo years after the Supreme Court’s Alice decision, we’re starting to get some idea of its limits as well as its overall impact so far. A recent Bloomberg Businessweek article cites RPX data indicating that Alice invalidity motions succeeded 76% of the time when filed in the earliest stages of litigation and 66% when filed…
Read full postIn Q2 2016, NPE litigation increased by about 57% from the Q1 lull, continuing the recent pattern of high volatility in quarter-to-quarter litigation activity (see chart below). So far, the first half of 2016 reflects event-driven volatility similar to that of 2010 through 2015, as discussed in “Of Spikes and Means: Q1 2016 Litigation Data”….
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