Patent Lawsuits in Maryland: Results for First Half of 2010
On a per capita basis, Maryland inventors received just about as many patents in the first half of 2010 as inventors in states like Illinois and Texas, but the number of patent lawsuits filed in Maryland trailed far behind the number of lawsuits initiated in those and other jurisdictions. The states with the highest number of patent cases filed in the first half of 2010 are shown in the table below. In Maryland, only ten law suits were filed in the U.S. District Courts for the District of Maryland (Greenbelt and Baltimore divisions combined) between January 1st and June 30, 2010. That number is far below the number of patent-related cases brought in judicial jurisdictions like California, Texas, and Illinois, which consistently rank as some of the most prolific states for patent litigation.
Source: Justia.com and PACER; data are for Jan. 1, 2010, through Jun. 30, 2010.
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Interesting data. I wonder what accounts for such a wide disparity between Maryland and Texas. Is it a 4th Circuit thing?