March filings were slow, presumably as NPEs waited for the TC Heartland decision from SCOTUS.  Frequent filers included Checkerboard Intellectual Property, Electronic Communication Technologies, Hawk Technology, Landmark Technology, Location Services IP, Soverain, Symbology and Venadium.

As usual, I prepared the report in partnership with and using Docket Navigator and its powerful database.  Docket Navigator is

The trolls became drastically more active in April, with a large cluster of filings in the days before the Senate’s patent reform bill would have made patent reform retroactive to.  Of course, the reform legislation that seemed so certain died in the Senate.  Repeat filers included Antennatech, c4cast, Clear With Computers, Eclipse IP, eDekka, GPNE,

The trolls started slow in January.  Repeat filers included Landmark Technology, Hawk Technology, MPHJ, Marshall Feature Recognition, and Wolf Run Hollow.

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October was a busy month.  Eclipse IP filed cases in C.D. California, Delaware and N.D. Illinois.  Landmark Technology filed numerous cases.  And Cascades Branding and Activision TV also filed cases.

As usual, I prepared the report in partnership with and using Docket Navigator and its powerful database.  Docket Navigator is a valuable resource, and the

June was another active month with Eclipse IP, Intellectual Ventures, UbiComm, NeoMedia, Landmark Technology and LBS Innovations all filing suits.  Smart Search Concepts also filed a number of suits regarding searching technologies. 

As usual, I prepared the report in partnership with and using Docket Navigator and its powerful database.  Docket Navigator is a valuable resource,

Like April, May saw a few large filings.  Data Carriers sued about twenty retailers Ubicomm also hit about twenty retailers.  Additionally, NeoMedia, Blue Calypso and Landmark Technology also filed suits.  Of particular interest, Neiman Marcus filed a declaratory judgment suit against a patent holder that sent a cease and desist letter, but refused to identify