Patent Filings Rising Again, After Brief Dip

Patent litigation is once again on the rise after what now appears to be an only temporary dip in 2014.

There were 1,443 patent litigation filings in the first quarter this year, according to an analysis by Unified Patents, which hand sorts out duplicate filings. Unified is an advocacy organization with the stated goal of deterring frivolous patent litigation. Those numbers were verified, and correspond closely with the federal district court patent filings in the first quarter reported by Bloomberg Law .

If present trends continue, there would be an estimated 5772 filings for calendar 2015, a 15% increase over the previous year, ...