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September 2014

2013 Intellectual Property Statistics

2013 Intellectual Property Statistics

Each year the Intellectual Property Group at FTI Consulting researches and compiles

statistics on intellectual property prosecution and litigation.

Please note that the underlying data used in the charts originate from either publicly

available information or FTI Consulting’s own databases, which are collections of

publicly available information. As such, FTI Consulting does not endorse the accuracy

or reliability of any of the information included therein, and reliance on such

information for any purpose will be solely at your own risk. We welcome any feedback

regarding the information presented in the charts. If you believe that that there are

inaccuracies or omissions in any of the information contained in the charts, please

contact us via e-mail at debra.resnick@fticonsulting.com.

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Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office Fiscal Year Ends September 30

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U.S. Patent Applications Filed and Issued

FY1980 - FY2013

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

400,000

450,000

500,000

550,000

600,000

277,835

609,052

Filed

Issued

1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

Patents Issued Patents Filed

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U.S. Trademark Applications Filed and Issued

FY1980 - FY2013

Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office Fiscal Year Ends September 30

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

400,000

450,000

500,000

1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

259,654

433,654

Filed

Issued

Trademark Applications Issued Trademark Applications Filed

6,788

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Top Organizations Receiving U.S. Patents: 2013

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

4,652

3,918

3,316

3,117

2,679

2,399

2,182

1,828

1,775

1,638

1,459

1,280

1,168

2,814

2,649

2,190

2,086

1,802

1,730

1,469

1,355

1,259

Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office

1,621 1,448

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Top Organizations Receiving U.S. Patents

2008 - 2013

0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000

Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2013 34,336

26,213

16,768

15,749

13,860

13,033

12,480

9,502

9,222

9,089

8,658

8,459

8,331

8,261

7,159

6,273

6,145

5,941

5,091

5,873

5,719

5,620

5,580

5,571

5,107

2013 Total

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Top Countries Receiving U.S. Patents

2013

Germany 3 15,498

United States 1 133,593

Japan 2 51,919

South Korea 4 14,548

Taiwan 5 11,071

Canada 6 6,547

France 7 6,083

U.K. 8 5,806

China 9 5,928

Netherlands 12 2,253

Italy 11 2,499

Spain 22 711

Russian Fed 25 417

India 16 2,424

Australia 15 1,631

Switzerland 13 2,270

Israel 10 3,012

Belgium 18 1,062

Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office

Singapore 21 797

Austria 19 1,008

Finland 17 1,221

Sweden 14 2,271

Norway 24 475

Denmark 20 921

China, Hong Kong 23 540

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Top Countries Receiving U.S. Patents

2008 - 2013

Rank Total Country 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

1 630,920 UNITED STATES 77,501 82,382 107,792 108,626 121,026 133,593

2 262,732 JAPAN 33,682 35,501 44,814 46,139 50,677 51,919

3 71,531 GERMANY 8,915 9,000 12,363 11,920 13,835 15,498

4 68,025 SOUTH KOREA 7,549 8,762 11,671 12,262 13,233 14,548

5 51,717 TAIWAN 6,339 6,642 8,238 8,781 10,646 11,071

6 29,234 CANADA 3,393 3,655 4,852 5,012 5,775 6,547

7 26,753 FRANCE 3,163 3,140 4,450 4,531 5,386 6,083

8 25,895 UNITED KINGDOM 3,094 3,175 4,302 4,307 5,211 5,806

9 19,276 CHINA, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC 1,225 1,655 2,657 3,174 4,637 5,928

10 11,856 ISRAEL 1,166 1,404 1,819 1,981 2,474 3,012

11 11,005 ITALY 1,357 1,346 1,798 1,885 2,120 2,499

12 10,131 NETHERLANDS 1,329 1,288 1,614 1,743 1,904 2,253

13 9,692 SWITZERLAND 1,112 1,208 1,608 1,663 1,831 2,270

14 9,571 SWEDEN 1,060 1,014 1,434 1,711 2,081 2,271

15 9,336 AUSTRALIA 1,292 1,221 1,748 1,919 1,525 1,631

16 7,760 INDIA 634 679 1,098 1,234 1,691 2,424

17 6,067 FINLAND 824 864 1,143 951 1064 1221

18 4,654 BELGIUM 510 594 820 802 866 1062

19 4,312 AUSTRIA 463 503 727 753 858 1008

20 3,885 DENMARK 391 390 605 728 850 921

21 3,692 SINGAPORE 399 436 603 647 810 797

22 2,856 SPAIN 303 317 414 469 642 711

23 2,536 CHINA, HONG KONG 311 305 429 419 532 540

24 2,222 NORWAY 273 265 399 366 444 475

25 1,690 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 176 196 272 298 331 417

Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office

0K 100K 200K 300K 400K 500K 600K 700K

Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Fiscal Year Ends September 30

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IP Cases Commenced in U.S. District Courts

FY2003 - FY2013

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13

3172

3,666

6,497

TM Trademark

Patent

Copyright

13,335

Total

Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Fiscal Year Ends September 30

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Patent Cases Commenced in U.S. District Courts

FY2003 - FY2013

2,814 3,075 2,720 2,830 2,896 2,909 2,792

3,301 4,015

5,189

6,497

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13

13,335

Total

TM Trademark

Copyright

Patent

C

Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Fiscal Year Ends September 30

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Trademark Cases Commenced in U.S. District Courts

FY2003 - FY2013

3,672 3,508 3,668 3,740 3,487 3,449 3,381 3,652 3,628 3,403 3,172

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13

Total

13,335

Copyright

C

Patent

TM Trademark

Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Fiscal Year Ends September 30

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Copyright Cases Commenced in U.S. District Courts

FY2003 - FY2013

2,448 3,007

5,796

4,944 4,400

3,234

2,192 2,013 2,297

3,074 3,666

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13

Total

13,335

TM Trademark

Patent

Copyright

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Completed Patent Cases in U.S. District Courts

FY2008 - FY2013

Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Fiscal Year Ends September 30

Trial PRE-Trial POST-Trial

During / After Trial During / After Pre-Trial Before Pre-Trial

Total

10,084

5,748

2,572

571

2008

45% 55%

2009

47% 53%

2010

45% 55%

2011

38% 62%

2012

42% 58% Jury Trial

Bench Trial

2013

41% 59%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

53%

29%

14%

4%

48%

42%

9%

1%

TM Trademark

Copyright

Patent

C

No Court Action

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Completed Trademark Case Trials in U.S. District Courts

FY2008 – FY2013

Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Fiscal Year Ends September 30

Trial PRE-Trial POST-Trial

During / After Trial During / After Pre-Trial Before Pre-Trial

Total

12,876

6,470

2,561

314

2008

37% 63%

2009

31% 69%

2010

44% 56%

2011

44% 56%

2012

50% 50% Jury Trial

Bench Trial

2013

44% 56%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

53%

35%

10%

2%

64%

21%

14%

2%

Copyright

C

Patent

TM Trademark

No Court Action

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Completed Copyright Case Trials in U.S. District Courts

FY2008 - FY2013

Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Fiscal Year Ends September 30

Trial PRE-Trial POST-Trial

During / After Trial During / After Pre-Trial Before Pre-Trial

Total

8,812

5,524

1,764

218

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

40% 60% 43% 57% 29% 71% 21%

79% 29% 71% Jury Trial

Bench Trial 37% 63%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

TM Trademark

Patent

Copyright

No Court Action

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Top Patent Damages Awards 2013*

Rank Award Parties Date Court Source

1 $290.5M Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics November N.D.

California Law360

2 $176.5M Tyco Healthcare Group LP et al. v. Ethicon Endosurgery Inc.

March Connecticut Law360

3 $173.0M ParkerVision Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc. October M.D.

Florida Patstats.org

4 $95.8M Syntrix Biosystems Inc. v. Illumina Inc.

March W.D.

Washington Patstats.org

5 $76.0M AstraZeneca AB et al. v. Apotex Corp. et al.

Dec S.D. New

York Law360

6 $70.0M Stryker Corp. v Zimmer Inc. Feb W.D.

Michigan Law360

7 $30.2M Seiijero Tomita v. Nintendo March S.D.

New York Patstats.org

8 $29.0M KFx Medical Corp. v. Anthrex inc. October S.D.

California Law360

9 $27.5M Two-Way media LLC v AT&T Inc. et al

March W.D. Texas Patstats.org

10 $16.0M DePuy Synthes Products LLC v Globus Medical Inc.

June Delaware Patstats.org

11 $15.0M Summit 6, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co.

April N.D. Texas Patstats.org

*List does not take into account post-trial proceedings, rulings or settlements.

$0M $50M $100M $150M $200M $250M $300M

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Top Patent Damage Awards

Rank Award Parties Date Court Source

1 $1.7B Centocor Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories Jun-09 E.D Texas patstsats.org

2 $1.5B Alctatel v. Microsoft Feb-07 S.D California patstsats.org

3 $1.2B Cordis v. Boston Scientific and Medtronic Oct-08 D. Delaware Law 360

4 $1.17B Carnegie Mellon University v. Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Dec-12 W.D. Pennsylvania Law 360

5 $1.05B Apple Inc. v. Samsung Oct-12 S.D California patstsats.org

6 $1.0B Monsanto Company et al. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l Inc Aug-12 E.D Missouri patstsats.org

7 $925.0M Polaroid v. Eastman Kodak Jul-91 E.D. Massachusetts National Law Journal

8 $625.0M Mirror World LLC v. Apple Inc. Oct-10 E.D Texas patstats.org

9 $593.0M Saffran v. Johnson & Johnson Mar-11 E.D. Texas Law 360

10 $521.0M Eolas Technologies v. Microsoft Jan-04 N.D. Illinois Law 360

11 $501.0M Saffran v. Boston Scientific Feb-08 E.D. Texas Law 360

12 $482.0M Saffran MD. v. Johnson & Johnson Jan-11 E.D Texas patstats.org

13 $475.0M City of Hope Medical v. Genentech Apr-08 Sup. Ct. California Law 360

14 $442.2M Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Apotex Oct-10 S.D. New York Law 360

15 $397.0M Rambus v. Hynix Semiconductor Mar-09 N.D. California Law 360

16 $391.0M Versata Software v. SAP America Sep-11 E.D. Texas Law 360

17 $388.0M Uniloc USA Inc. v. Microsoft Corp. et al Apr-09 Rhode Island patstats.org

18 $371.0M C.R. Bard v. W.L. Gore & Associates Apr-09 D. Arizona Law 360

19 $368.2M VinetX Inc. v. Apple Inc. et al. Nov-12 E.D Texas patstats.org

20 $368.0M Alcatel-Lucent v. Microsoft Apr-08 S.D California patstats.org

21 $306.9M Hynix v. Rambus Apr-06 N.D California patstats.org

22 $290.5M Apple Inc. V. Samsung Electronics Nov-13 N.D. California Law360

23 $290.0M i4i v. Microsoft Aug-09 E.D. Texas Law 360

24 $252.0M InterDigital Communications v. Nokia Jan-06 S.D. New York Law 360

25 $211.5M Haworth v. Steelcase Dec-96 W.D. Michigan Wall Street Journal

$1B $2B $500M $1.5B $0M

Top Patent Damage Settlements 2013

Rank Settlement Parties Date District Source

1 $1.8B Monsanto Company v. DuPont Co.

Mar-13 E.D.

Missouri Reuters

2 $490M Motorola Mobility Inc. et al v. Tivo Inc.

Jun-13 E.D. Texas Law360

3 $240M Hyundai Electronics v. Rambus Inc.

Jun-13 N.D. New

York Law360

4 $12M Warner Chilcott Laboratories v. Impax Laboratories

Sep-13 New Jersey Law360

5 $10M Medtronic MiniMed Inc. v. Insulet Corp.

Sep-13 C.D.

California Law360

$1B $2B $0M $500M $1.5B

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Significant Patent Damage Settlements

Rank Settlement Parties Date Source

1 $1.8B Monsanto Company v. DuPont Co. Mar-13 Law 360

2 $1.7B Johnson & Johnson v. Boston Scientific Feb-10 Law 360

3 $1.5B Nvidia v. Intel Jan-11 Law 360

4 $1.4B Michelson v. Medtronic Apr-05 Law 360

5 $1.3B Advanced Micro Devices v. Intel Corp. Nov-09 Law 360

6 $1.3B Sun Microsystems v. Microsoft Apr-04 Law 360

7 $1.0B Texas Instruments v. Hyundai Electronics May-99 Wall Street Journal

8 $1.0B Texas Instruments v. Samsung Electronics Nov-96 Wall Street Journal

9 $900M Rambus v. Samsung Electronics Jan-10 Law 360

10 $891M Broadcom v. Qualcomm Apr-09 Law 360

11 $750M Medinol v. Boston Scientific Sep-05 Law 360

12 $612.5M NTP v. Research in Motion Mar-06 Law 360

13 $536.0M Novell v. Microsoft Nov-04 Law 360

14 $500.0M TiVo v. Dish Network and EchoStar May-11 Law 360

15 $490.0M Motorola Mobility Inc. et al v. Tivo Inc. Jun-13 Law 360

16 $440.0M InterTrust Technologies v. Microsoft Apr-04 Law 360

17 $440.0M Northrop Grumman v. Honeywell Dec-01 Wall Street Journal

18 $400.0M Abbott Laboratories v. Medtronic Jul-09 Law 360

19 $400.0M Pitney Bowes v. Hewlett-Packard Jun-01 Wall Street Journal

20 $340.0M At Home v. AT&T May-05 Law 360

$1B $2B $0M $500M $1.5B

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Top Copyright/Trademarks/Trade Secrets Damages

Awards 2013*

Rank Award Parties Date Court Source

1 $273.0M The National Football League v. Sunmei et al

July S.D. New York Law360

2 $80.0M Disney Enterprises inc. v Hotfile Corp December S.D. Florida Law360

3 $35.0M Fendi Adele SRL v. Ashley Reed Trading Inc.

April Second Circuit Law360

4 $22.7M Relco LLC v. Custom Fabricating & Repair, Inc.

November Kandiyohi

County District court

UNH Law Blogs

5 $6.0M Coach Inc. v. Swap Shop Inc. December S.D. Florida Law360

6 $3.6M BeautyBank inc. v Kumar Ramani Ageless Fantasy LLC

October S.D. New York Law360

7 $3.5M QS Wholesale Inc. v. World Marketing Inc.

July C.D. California Law360

8 $3.0M Facebook Inc. v Power Ventures inc. September N.D. California Law360

9 $2.8M Gabrel Tech Corp. v. Qualcomm Inc. February S.D. California Lexology

*List does not take into account post-trial proceedings, rulings or settlements.

$150M $300M $0M $75M $225M

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Significant Awards from

Copyrights/Trademarks/Trade Secrets Cases*

Rank Award / Settlement Parties Date IP Source

1 $2.3B Pacesetter v. Nervicon Jun-11 Trade Secret Law 360

2 $920.0M DuPont v. Kolon Industries Sep-11 Trade Secret Law 360

3 $626.2M EchoStar Satellite v. Global Technologies Nov-10 Copyright Law 360

4 $610.0M Yahoo v. XYZ Companies Dec-11 Trademark Law 360

5 $525.0M Seagate Technology v. Western Digital Nov-11 Trade Secret Law 360

6 $495.7M Cadence Design Systems v. Avant Nov-02 Trade Secret Wall Street Jrnl

7 $465.0M Lexar Media Inc, v. Toshiba Corp. Mar-05 Trade Secret Law 360

8 $310.0M MGA Entertainment v. Mattel Aug-11 Trade Secret Law 360

9 $306.0M Oracle v. SAP Aug-12 Copyright ip-holdings.com

10 $304.6M Adidas America v. Payless Shoesource May-08 Trademark Law 360

11 $300.0M Farouk Systems v. Eyou International Oct-10 Trademark Law 360

12 $290.2M Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing v. SMIC Nov-09 Trade Secret China Daily

13 $273.0M The National Foodball League v. Sunmei Jul-13 Trademark Law 360

14 $240.0M All Pro Sports Camps v. Walt Disney Aug-00 Trade Secret National Law Jrnl

15 $214.0M EchoStar Satellite v. Viewtech Apr-11 Copyright Law 360

16 $192.0M Mannsfeld v. Ineos Phenol Jan-09 Trade Secret Law 360

17 $180.0M Burberry PLC et al. v. John Doe 1 et al May-12 Trademark Law 360

18 $173.0M Philip Morris v. Otamedia Mar-05 Trademark Law 360

19 $164.0M Tony Burch v. Yong Sheng International Jun-11 Trademark Law 360

20 $140.7M DSC Communications v. Next Level Comm. Nov-97 Trade Secret Reuters

21 $136.2M Atlantic Recording v. Media Group Oct-03 Copyright National Law Jrnl

22 $134.0M USA Power LLC v Pacific Corp. May-02 Trade Secret blogs.orrick.com

23 $121.7M EchoStar Satellite v. Panarex Nov-10 Copyright Law 360

24 $118.3M Bancorp Services v. Hartford Life Mar-02 Trade Secret National Law Jrnl

25 $117.0M Qwest Communications v. OneQwest Dec-02 Trademark Recorder

*List does not take into account post-trial proceedings and rulings.

$0.0B $0.5B $1.0B $1.5B $2.0B $2.5B