Tag: ipr statistics
New Report Confirms IPR Has Had Significant Positive Impacts On U.S. Industry
A recent report, prepared by economists at the Perryman Group, confirms what has long been stated to be the case—inter partes review (IPR) has positively impacted the U.S. economy.
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Christmas (Tree Patents) In July
It’s the week of the Fourth of July and that means that it’s time to talk about Christmas trees. Or at least about patents for creating an electric connection between different sections of a...
Additional Studies Show IPR Is Not A Threat To Hatch-Waxman Process
Over a year ago, I took a look at a study of the success rate for inter partes reviews (IPRs) of pharmaceutical patents. That study showed that drug and biologic patents are significantly more likel...
A Little More Than Forty Percent: Outcomes At The PTAB, District Court, and the EPO
In the run-up to Oil States, a frequent criticism by opponents of patent reform was that the PTAB was “unfair” and that it invalidated patents at a rate far higher than the district courts would i...
The “Doubtful Validity” Type Of Case
“Death squads.” “Hanging judge[s].” A “reign of terror.” “Patent killing fields.”
Even if we set aside the questionable taste shown in analogizing the review of patents to genocid...
IPR Statistics – Success Is Sector Specific
Yesterday, I published an extensive analysis of Senator Coons’ STRONGER Patents Act. As I said then, the bill would neuter the IPR process, removing any real reason to ever pursue one (assuming yo...