Studies

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​Cotropia, Christopher Anthony and Quillen, Jr., Cecil D. Continuing Patent Applications and Performance of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as of Fiscal Year 2017. Intellectual Property Institute, Research Paper No. 2018-01  (2018).

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Love, Brian J., and James Yoon. "Predictably Expensive: A Critical Look at Patent Litigation in the Eastern District of Texas." Stan. Tech. L. Rev. 20 (2017): 1.

 

Cohen, Lauren, Umit G. Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers. "The growing problem of patent trolling." Science 352.6285 (2016): 521-522.

 

Chien, Colleen V. "Patent trolls by the numbers." (2013).

 

Chien, Colleen V. "The market for software innovation through the lens of patent licenses and sales." (2016).

 

Chien, Colleen, and Michael Risch. "What would happen to patent cases if they couldn’t all be filed in Texas?." (2016).

 

Kiebzak, Stephen, Greg Rafert, and Catherine E. Tucker. "The effect of patent litigation and patent assertion entities on entrepreneurial activity." Research Policy 45.1 (2016): 218-231.

 

Bessen, James E., Michael J. Meurer, and Jennifer Laurissa Ford. "The private and social costs of patent trolls." (2011).

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Klerman, Daniel, and Greg Reilly. "Forum Selling." (2015)

Data​

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USPTO PTAB Statistics

 

Remarks By former USPTO Director Michelle K. Lee at the George Washington University School of Law, May 16, 2017

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2018 PwC Patent Litigation Study

 

2017 PwC Patent Litigation Study

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2017 Unified Patents Annual Patent Dispute Report

 

2016 Unified Patents Annual Patent Dispute Report

 

2015 Unified Patents Annual Patent Dispute Report

 

2015 RPX NPE Litigation Report

 

RPX, RPX Data Update: Patent Litigation Volatility Persists As Strategies Shift, RPX Blog, January 3, 2017