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PricewaterhouseCoopers statistics show that the Eastern District of Texas had 55 decisions from 1995 to 2014 involving [[Non-Practicing Entities|non-practicing entities]] (NPEs) as patent holders, and 49 percent of these NPEs were successful in their patent litigation cases. The Eastern District of Texas decided a total of 148 patent litigation cases from 1995 to 2014, which means that decisions involving NPEs made up 37% of the total decisions in the Eastern District of Texas during this time period.
Congress' push for patent reform creates the perception that patent trolls are constantly abusing patents and preventing innovation. However, only 1 to 2 percent of patents in the United States are actually litigated, and there has not been a significant change in the amount of patent litigation that warrants a complete reform of the current patent system.
