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Revision as of 11:28, 3 February 2010
2009 patent litigation study is a 24-page publication by PriceWaterhouseCoopers which discusses non-practicing entities and damages in the USA.
Contents
Excerpts
Page 4
- "In 2008, 2,896 patent infringement actions were filed"
- Patent litigation filing is increasing 1.5 times faster than patent application filing
Pages 5 & 6
- "Damages awards for NPEs have averaged more than double those for practicing entities since 1995."
- "The median damages award for patent holders who are NPEs was more than triple the award for practicing entities over the last seven years."
Page 7
Chart 2C is a list of damages awards exceeding $100 Million: 2005 to 2008. There are ten cases; four or five of them seem to be about software patents.
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- Studies on economics and innovation
- Rethinking the European ICT agenda, 2004, also by PriceWaterhouseCoopers