Friday, September 24, 2010

Vast Majority Of Software Patents In Lawsuits Lose

Vast Majority Of Software Patents In Lawsuits Lose.

"Digging deeper into the report, it looks at and tests a variety of different concepts around patents and litigation. In theory, if a patent is used in multiple patent cases, you tend to think that it must be a pretty solid patent, and one that has been vetted plenty of times. And yet, when the researchers looked at the 106 patents that have been involved in eight or more lawsuits since 2000, they found that the patent holder wins such cases only 10.7% of the time. For patents that have only been brought to litigation once, the patent holder wins 47.3% of the time -- an astounding difference. "

There's a lot more in the study and the article.

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