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Courts

US courts hearing tracked patent infringement cases. Court names from different filings are folded into canonical keys (so “Texas Eastern District Court” and “U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas” collapse). Sorted by case count, descending.

111 courts · 2830 total tracked cases.

CourtCasesTop judges
Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)789—
Texas Eastern District Court685Rodney Gilstrap · Roy S. Payne · Amos L Mazzant
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware287—
Texas Western District Court272David Counts
California Northern District Court83Ajay S. Krishnan
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit82—
California Central District Court72—
Illinois Northern District Court49Robert W. Gettleman · Heather K. McShain · Sharon Johnson Coleman
New Jersey District Court31—
International Trade Commission30—
New York Southern District Court26—
Virginia Eastern District Court25—
Texas Northern District Court24Reed O'Connor · Ada Brown · Ed Kinkeade
Massachusetts District Court22—
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah18Howard C. Nielson, Jr · Jared C. Bennett
California Southern District Court16Gonzalo P. Curiel · Steve B. Chu · Michelle M. Pettit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division16—
Washington Western District Court15—
Wisconsin Eastern District Court15—
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia14Tiffany R. Johnson · Richard W. Story
U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada13—
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa13—
Florida Southern District Court12—
Arizona District Court11Susan M Brnovich
D. Del.9—
North Carolina Western District Court9—
Florida Middle District Court8—
Minnesota District Court8—
Idaho District Court7—
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas7—
Ohio Northern District Court6—
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; PTAB6—
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division6—
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado5—
United States District Court of Delaware5—
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court4—
Missouri Eastern District Court4—
U.S. Supreme Court4—
E.D. Tex.4—
Texas4—
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)4—
United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose Division4—
Indiana Southern District Court3Crystal S. Wildeman · Tanya Walton Pratt · Kellie M. Barr
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York3—
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee3—
Wyoming District Court3—
U.S. District Court3—
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Midland/Odessa3—
E.D. Texas3—
District Court, Delaware3—
Virginia Western District Court2Norman K. Moon
Louisiana Eastern District Court2Darrel James Papillion · Eva J. Dossier
Michigan Eastern District Court2—
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee2—
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon2—
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division2—
U.S. District Court for the Illinois Central District Court2—
Florida Northern District Court2—
Tennessee Eastern District Court2—
U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island2—
U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont2—
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Lufkin Division2—
Michigan Western District Court2—
Kansas District Court2—
Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) of the USPTO2—
North Carolina Eastern District Court2—
D. New Jersey2—
District Court, E.D. Texas2—
PTAB (United States Patent and Trademark Office)2—
District of Delaware, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)2—
North Carolina Middle District Court2—
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (transferred from E.D.N.Y.)1—
Oklahoma Northern District Court1—
Oklahoma Eastern District Court1—
Washington Eastern District Court1—
U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Southern, Northern, and Western Districts of Texas1—
U.S. District Court of Delaware1—
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division1—
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division1—
U.S. Court of Federal Claims1—
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana1—
U.S. Patent and Appeal Board1—
US District Court, California Northern District Court1—
United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division1—
Louisiana Western District Court1—
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (transferred to N.D.W. Va.); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit1—
Missouri Western District Court1—
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin1—
Patent Office1—
United States District Court for the District of Delaware and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) State Court1—
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTAB)1—
U.S. District Court in New Jersey1—
USPTO Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)1—
Ohio Southern District Court1—
Pennsylvania Western District Court1—
Federal Trade Commission (administrative complaint)1—
Eastern District of Texas, District of Massachusetts1—
Delaware Supreme Court1—
S.D. Florida1—
W.D. Texas1—
E.D. Virginia1—
Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)1—
District Court, D. Delaware1—
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division1—
California Eastern District Court1—
Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division1—
Federal court in Massachusetts1—
Federal court in California (Central District Court)1—
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division1—
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit1—
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC).1—