Patent Litigation Doing Just Fine, Especially In Texas

After several years of steady increase in the number of new patent lawsuits filed, 2014 saw a notable decline in the number of new patent suits from 6,082 in 2013 to 5,012 in 2014. Some, such as Gene Quinn of IP Watchdog, saw this 1,000–case decline as evidence that the patent reform enacted in 2011...

Alice Strikes Again; Unified Patents Strikes Back

Two newsworthy items hit our radar this week: Judge George H. Wu of the Central District of California has issued another ruling under Alice v. CLS Bank, this time concluding that patent claims to a method for automatically animating lip synchronization and facial expression for animated characters were patent–ineligible. Once again, he made that ruling...