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PwC Study of Patent Litigation Cases Released

The 2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers Patent Litigation Study has been released.  Peter Zura's excellent 271 Patent Blog summarizes some highlights as follows:

Interestingly, with the alleged "explosion" in patent litigation, there were no identifiable increases in time-to-trial. In fact, since 2005, the median time-to-trial has dropped by more than 6 months.

Regarding the "Top Ten" Rocket Dockets, the breakdown is as follows, along with the median time-to-trial (in years):

1) ED Virginia - 0.88
2) WD Wisconsin - 0.91
3) CD California - 1.71
4) MD Florida - 1.71
5) ED Texas - 1.79
6) Delaware - 1.89
6) Kansas - 1.89
8) ED Pennsylvania - 1.91
9) SD Texas - 1.99
10) ED Michigan - 2.03

Some notable "Crawler" dockets include Massachusetts (3.76 years) and Connecticut (4.66 years).

The "Top Five" patent-friendly jurisdictions, along with overall success rates, include:

1) MD Florida - 66.7%

2) ED Texas - 54.6%

3) CD California - 51%

4) ED Virginia - 50%

5) WD Wisconsin - 50%

The "Bottom Five" jurisdictions for patentees, along with overall success rates, include:

1) Connecticut - 15.8%

2) ED Michigan - 18.5%

3) SD Florida - 25%

4) SD New York - 30.6%

5) ND California - 33%

A copy of the complete Report can be found here.

Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 at 01:05PM by Registered CommenterTim Feathers in | CommentsPost a Comment

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