PTAB rankings: Top petitioners, patent owners and law firms in first nine months

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PTAB rankings: Top petitioners, patent owners and law firms in first nine months

November 02 2018
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Apple was the top petitioner, Qualcomm was the most-challenged patent owner and Fish & Richardson was the law firm involved in the most PTAB disputes filed in the first nine months of the year, according to data revealed by Managing IP

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