2009 patent litigation study

2009 patent litigation study is a 24-page publication by PriceWaterhouseCoopers which discusses non-practising entities and damages in the USA.

Excerpts

Short, sweet, to the point, FREE-exactly as information shuold be!

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.

Whvoeer wrote this, you know how to make a good article.

External links

• The study: 2009-patent-litigation-study.pdf
• PwC Study Shows Patent Trolls Are Thriving, law.com
• Slashdot discussion