Difference between revisions of "The Truth Behind Patent Trolls"

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| align="center" style="background:#f9f9f9;"| Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations LLC || align="center" style="background:#f9f9f9;"|60 || align="center" style="background:#f9f9f9;"|59 || align="center" style="background:#f9f9f9;"|386
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| align="center" style="background:#f9f9f9;"| Wetro Lan LLC || align="center" style="background:#f9f9f9;"|56 || align="center" style="background:#f9f9f9;"|55 || align="center" style="background:#f9f9f9;"|386
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| align="center" style="background:#f9f9f9;"| Oberalis LLC || align="center" style="background:#f9f9f9;"|50 || align="center" style="background:#f9f9f9;"|50 || align="center" style="background:#f9f9f9;"|386
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Revision as of 16:10, 11 March 2016

Hypothesis 1: Most Patent Assertion Entities are drivers of innovation, and incorrectly labeled as patent trolls.

Method 1: Find list of PAEs, sort by location, number of lawsuits filed, damages. Need to control for size of company and sector.

Top 10 PAEs in 2015, according to (Unified)

Patent Assertion Entities Filings, 2015
Company Name Total Lawsuits Filed¹ Lawsuits Filed in Eastern District of Texas¹ Trademark Examining Attorneys
eDekka LLC 101 101
Data Carriers LLC 85 85
Shipping and Transit LLC 69
Cryptopeak Solutions LLC 66 66
Hawk Technology Systems LLC 61 3
Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations LLC 60 59
Wetro Lan LLC 56 55
Loramax LLC 50 50
Genaville LLC 50 50
Oberalis LLC 50 50

¹ Data aggregated via LexMachina ² 79% of cases filed in Southern District of Florida


648 total cases, 519 in E.D. Tex. 80.09% of all patent litigation cases filed in 2015 were filed in E.D. Texas.


Questions: How do you determine where you can file your patent cases? What is the Judge Gilstrap's rate for number of patent litigation cases where the defendant wins?


Hypothesis 2: Patent litigation is increasing, but only because of the uncertain nature of technological developments and how patent claims apply to that. Patent litigation surges are consistent with major shifts in technological developments

  • High tech is the only sector where a majority of cases were NPE related

Method: Find a reliable graph of developments within the technology sector and match it to the one below [1]:

Patent litigation 2011.2015.png


Interesting facts that may deserve extra research

  • Historically, the Eastern District of Texas is the top patent dispute venue. In 2015, 44% of all patent litigation was filed in E.D. Texas, most of which were assigned to Judge Rodney Gilstrap