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Court Data
39) Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Suits Filed in U.S. District Courts, by Year
Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Suits Filed in U.S. District Courts, by Year (2004-2013)

7,000
Trademark
6,500
Patent
6,000
Copyright
5,500
Source: Administrative
5,000 Office of the U.S. Courts’
Judicial Business of the
4,500 U.S. Courts 2013

Suits 4,000 Note: Changes in
legislation and many other
factors can affect the
3,500 number of suits filed. For
example, patent suits filed
3,000 were affected from about
2009 to 2011 by a flurry
2,500 of suits alleging false
patent marking. Since
September 2011, patent
2,000
suit filings has been
affected by 35 U.S.C. 299,
1,500
which limits joinder of
multiple accused
1,000 infringers in a single suit.
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

40) U.S. District Court Statistics (2013)
U.S. District Courts with Most Patent Suits U.S. District Courts with Most Trademark Suits
Rank District Suits Filed Rank District Suits Filed
1 Delaware 1,492 1 California, C. 507
2 Texas E. 1,386 2 New York, S. 217
3 California, C. 505 3 Florida, S. 210
4 California, N. 260 4 Illinois, N. 209
5 Virginia, E. 223 5 New Jersey 126
6 Illinois, N. 217 6 California, N. 114
7 Florida, S. 211 7 Florida, M. 111
8 California, S. 199 8 Arizona 81
9 New Jersey 150 9 Virginia, E. 80
10 New York, S. 141 10 New York, E. 80
11 Massachusetts 126 11 Michigan, E. 70
12 Michigan, E. 84 12 California, S. 69
13 Texas, N. 76 13 Georgia, N. 68
14 Utah 76 14 Massachusetts 65
U.S. District Courts with Most Copyright Suits
Rank District Suits Filed
1 California, C. 541
2 Illinois, N. 321
3 Colorado 233
4 New York, S. 229
5 Florida, M. 170
6 Michigan, E. 158
7 Pennsylvania, E. 120
8 Georgia, N. 93
9 Ohio, S. 87
10 Washington, W. 85 Source: Administrative Offce of the
11 New Jersey 84 U.S. Courts’ Judicial Business of the
12 California, N. 84 U.S. Courts 2013
13 Maryland 68
14 Florida, S./Virginia, E. 67

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