Professors John Allison (University of Texas at Austin McCombs business school), Mark Lemley (Stanford), and David Schwartz (Chicago-Kent) have published an interesting article looking at empirical patent litigation data for cases filed in 2008 or 2009 as compared to similar data for cases filed in 1998-99 — Understanding the Realities of Modern Patent Litigation.
Does the Patent System Legitimize Trolls?
Chicago-Kent Professor David Schwartz and University of Illinois Jay Kesan have written a thought-provoking article looking at what empirical data tells us about trolls (click here for their Patently-O summary of the article). Blog readers will remember that Schwartz has recently written an interesting article analyzing the empirical characteristics of trolls and
Profiles of Contingent Fee Patent Troll Counsel (Part II)
This is the second part of a two-part series about Professor David Schwartz’s (Chicago-Kent School of Law) draft article, Contingent Fee Patent Litigation. If you do not know Schwartz from his empirical study of claim construction reversal rates, you should read that article as well — Practice Makes Perfect: An Empirical Study of Claim
Profiles of Contingent Fee Patent Troll Counsel
Professor David Schwartz of the Chicago-Kent School of Law has made a draft of his newest, article — Contingent Fee Patent Litigation — available for download. If you do not know Schwartz from his empirical study of claim construction reversal rates, you should read that article as well — Practice Makes Perfect: An Empirical Study