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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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CasePatentsCourtFiledStatus
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Cetus CorporationU.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco)1990-08-01judgment
Symbol Technologies, Inc. v. Metrologic Instruments, Inc. et al.88-0461U.S. District Court, D.N.J.1988-01-26partial summary judgment; final disposition unverified
Symbol Technologies, Inc. v. Opticon, Inc. et al.86-8736U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (No. 90-1409)1986-11-14judgment for plaintiff, affirmed on appeal
Millipore Corp. et al. v. University Patents, Inc.U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware1986-08-29jurisdictional motion addressed
Symbol Technologies, Inc. v. Spectra-Physics, Inc.C-84-20051U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California1984-01-27settled
The Frazer Lubricator Company v. Samuel Frazer et al.Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois (trial); Appellate Court for the First District of Illinois; Supreme Court of Illinois (final)1884-08-30judgment
Untitled case3:04-cv-02155U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California——
In re Tesla, Inc.26-116U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit—denied
Tesla, Inc. v. Granite Vehicle Ventures LLCIPR2025-00944United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board—institution denied
Untitled case2:05-cv-00456U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas—unknown
Wi-LAN Inc. et al. v. Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co. Ltd. et al.8:19-cv-00870U.S. District Court, Central District of California—outcome not confirmed
Azul Systems, Inc. v. Sun Microsystems, Inc.3:06-cv-01988U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division—settled
Southwest Efuel Network, LLC v. Catalina Marketing Corporation3:12-cv-00675U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas (Judge David C. Godbey)—dismissed without prejudice
Inter-Act Systems, Inc. v. Catalina Marketing Corp.——pending
Catalina Marketing Corp. v. Fuel Marketing Solutions Inc.U.S. District Court, Central District of California—settled
Untitled case2:10-cv-01031U.S. District Court, District of Utah——
Untitled case5:26-cv-02811U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division—unknown
Untitled case1:08-cv-01548U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana——
Eli Lilly and Company v. Cobalt LaboratoriesU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana—resolved
Eli Lilly and Company v. Sandoz, Inc.U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana—resolved