Lex Machina Releases 2021 Patent Litigation Report
Patent litigators saw record damages and increased case filings despite the pandemic
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Lex Machina and LexisNexis releases their annual Patent Litigation Report looking at trends in federal district court as well as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). It focuses on 2020 and how it compared to other years given the changes caused by COVID-19. For some metrics, we can clearly see the effects of the pandemic, but they aren t as prevalent as originally predicted a year ago, said Geneva Clark, Lex Machina s patent legal data expert and author of the report. Actually looking at the data, and being able to parse it as it applies to a specific use case, enables practitioners to see how court activity has changed not only because of the impact of the pandemic, but also as patent strategy evolves in the wake of several important Supreme Court decisions.