Fast Times At Judgment High: Which Courts Are Best For Patent Holders?
Executive Summary
PricewaterhouseCoopers ranked certain jurisdictions as being more favorable venues for patent holders after considering median time-to-trial, median damages awarded, summary judgment win rates and trial win rates. The chart below presents the top 20 districts based on an average of their respective categorical rankings for each of the statistical measures mentioned above based on districts with a minimum of 15 decisions from 1995 to 2007.