Intellectual Property Law

Number of IP Lawsuits Increases in Maryland

By Brian Wm. Higgin

     Even in soft economic times, companies continue to protect their intellectual property assets. According to statistics available from Justia.com, 63 complaints alleging liability under patent, copyright, and/or trademark laws were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland during the period January 1 through July 31, 2008 (those complaints named approximately 80 defendants, some several times).  For the same period in 2007, just 52 complaints were filed (but close to 100 named defendants). That's a 21% increase in the number of filings in 2008.

Full post as published by Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog on August 05, 2008 (boomark / email).