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Patent litigations.

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Patent litigation filed per year

1986: 2 cases'861988: 1 case1990: 1 case'901992: 1 case1993: 1 case'941996: 3 cases1997: 2 cases1998: 3 cases'981999: 3 cases2000: 3 cases2001: 5 cases'022003: 10 cases2004: 4 cases2005: 13 cases2006: 15 cases'062007: 17 cases2008: 20 cases2009: 12 cases2010: 39 cases'102011: 36 cases2012: 68 cases2013: 110 cases2014: 95 cases'142015: 107 cases2016: 103 cases2017: 163 cases2018: 171 cases'182019: 198 cases2020: 226 cases2021: 254 cases2022: 358 cases'222023: 321 cases2024: 548 cases2025: 758 cases7582026: 333 cases'26
6,606 tracked cases by filing year.

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All litigations

CasePatentsCourtFiledStatus
Applera Corporation et al. v. Affymetrix, Inc.U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware2000-07-05dismissed
Hewlett-Packard Company v. Microjet Technology Co., Ltd. et al.337-TA-446U.S. International Trade Commission2000-12-22terminated
David H. Judson v. Infonautics, Inc.1:01-cv-10464U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts2001-03-19terminated
Macromedia, Inc. v. Adobe Systems, Inc.C01-3940-SIU.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco Division)2001-10-19settled
Neomedia Technologies, Inc. v. The Home Depot, Inc.2:01-cv-05497U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania2001-10-31Outcome not publicly available
Incyte Genomics, Inc. v. Invitrogen Corporation3:01-cv-02141U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California2001-11-21—
Pharmacia Corporation et al. v. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.01-6011; 04-1478; 04-1496U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit2001-12-21judgment affirmed on appeal
Ormco Corporation v. Align Technology, Inc.03-cv-00016U.S. District Court for the Central District of California2003-01-06resolved
Align Technology, Inc. v. Ormco Corp. et al.SA CV 03-16-GLTU.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Orange County Division2003-01-06settled/injunction; claims later invalidated on appeal
Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Speedera Networks, Inc.1:03-cv-10934U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts2003-05-16terminated
Vixel Corporation v. Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California2003-05-23settled
Friskit, Inc. v. RealNetworks, Inc. et al.3:03-cv-05085-WWSU.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division2003-06-27judgment for defendants; affirmed on appeal; closed
Molecular Diagnostics Laboratories v. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. et al.U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia2003-09-23settled
Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation1:03-cv-00440Rhode Island District Court2003-09-29Judgment vacated
Padcom, Inc. v. NetMotion Wireless, Inc. et al.03-983-SLRU.S. District Court for the District of Delaware2003-10-26judgment
NetMotion Wireless, Inc. et al. v. Padcom, Inc.03-cv-04963-MMCU.S. District Court for the Northern District of California2003-11-07stayed
InternetAd Systems, LLC v. ESPN, Inc. et al.3:03-cv-2787-DU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division2003-11-18unknown
Neomedia Technologies, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.1:04-cv-00021U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois2004-01-05Final disposition not available
American Calcar, Inc. v. BMW of North America, LLC3:04-cv-00614U.S. District Court, Southern District of California2004-03-25closed
Neomedia Technologies, Inc. v. Symbol Technologies, Inc.2:04-cv-02307U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania2004-05-27Outcome not detailed