Patent Holders Tear Devices Down to Build Infringement Cases Up

• Plaintiffs increasingly tear products into pieces to prove infringement in patent lawsuits • Since 2013, teardown data cited in 113 patent infringement complaints, Bloomberg Law data show

Patent holders increasingly are resorting to a blunt option in lawsuits: disassembling products to show they are infringing.

Federal courts have raised the bar in patent infringement cases in recent years, leading more plaintiffs to break apart allegedly infringing products to help prove their cases, intellectual property attorneys told Bloomberg Law. Uncovering material evidence of patent infringement can help plaintiffs decide whether to go to court, fend off defendants’ bids to get ...