General statistics regarding patent litigation filings in key U.S. District Courts, including:

• The number and percentage of all patent cases per judge.
• The frequency of filings over time, number of active and closed patent cases in the district.
• The number of patents at issue and patent class information.
• The number of referrals of cases to magistrate judges.

Detailed analysis of patent litigation in which Markman hearings were held, including:

• Identifying the frequency of hearings.
• The number of cases in which each active/senior judge held such hearings.
• The number of Markman hearings held in each quarter/year.
• The average length of time it takes each judge to hold a Markman hearing after the initial filing of the action.

Preliminary injunction and TRO information including an analysis of total motions filed by year and quarter and the disposition of motions by judge and average days to resolution.

Case Closed Statistics:

• General Closed Case Statistics: Includes statistics regarding how the cases closed (including detail broken down by judge and over time) and how long it took for a case to close after the initial filing of the complaint.
• Termination on the Merits: Provides a thorough analysis of the closed patent litigation cases that terminated on the merits. Examines the type of disposition involved (and how the cases break down by judge and over time), which party prevailed, whether a trial occurred, and the average time to termination.
• Motions for Summary Judgment Data: Includes an analysis of patent cases that closed as a result of a grant of summary judgment to one of the parties. The analyses included in this section examine why summary judgment was granted in these cases, how those cases break down by judge and prevailing party, and the average time to summary judgment.
• Appeals: Includes an analysis of district appeals statistics in patent cases, including the number and percentage of cases appealed by judge and the record on appeal. Link directly from the report to CourtLink® for access to the dockets of the cases you are interested in.