It appears that 2016 saw a surprising and dramatic drop in patent litigation filings. As reported by Richard Lloyd of IAM Magazine, recent studies released by the intellectual property firms Unified Patents and RPX confirmed patent litigation filings were down almost 25% in 2016 from the prior year, the lowest volume of cases since 2011. Paradoxically, however, the risk of a patent lawsuit being brought against middle market companies may be higher than before. read more

Supreme Court clarifies the scope of damages recoverable for infringement of a design patent by a product made up of multiple components. read more

Answering the long debated question of what deference the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit should give in reviewing district court claim construction rulings, the Supreme Court recently answered the question in a 7-2 decision penned by Justice Breyer. read more