After a legislation-fueled spike of cases in April, the trolls slowed considerably in May.  Repeat filers included Cascades Branding, Clear With Computers, Eclipse IP, Olivistar, and TQP Development.

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 place to

Patent trolls, and patent plaintiffs generally, were active on Wednesday. April 23.  184 cases were filed on Wednesday, by numerous plaintiffs, including Signal IP, various Joao Bock entities, Interface IP, PanTaurus, Olivistar, TQP Development, eDekka, and c4cast.  Of course, it could just be a bizarre coincidence, but as Dennis Crouch points out at Patently-O,

October was a relatively quiet month.  A few regular trolls filed, including Eclipse IP, Maxim, Landmark, ArrivalStar and TQP. 

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 place to go if you want to keep track of new

Similar to January, February saw some frequent flier trolls, including ArrivalStar, Landmark Technology, Maxim Integrated Products, Round Rock Research, and Select Retrieval, filing additional suits.  And there were some less frequent trolls that filed large numbers of cases this month, including Ameranth, Execware, MacroSolve, Patent Group, Soverain Software, and Unified Messaging Solutions. 

As usual, I