US patent litigation report: lawsuits subside, but TQP steps up
06 May 2014
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Michael Loney, New York
Eighty-seven new patent cases were filed in US district courts last week, according to figures from Docket Navigator. This was down greatly on the 291 new cases the week before when concerns about a patent reform provision being debated in Senate caused lawsuit filing to sharply increase
TQP Development’s ‘730 patent
The most active filer last week was TQP Development, which filed 19 cases on April 30 against a wide variety of well-known names including American Airlines, American Eagle Outfitters, Bed Bath & Beyond, Brooks Brothers, Estee Lauder,...
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