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: Maryland Intellectual Property Law BlogNumber of Patent Lawsuits Initiated in Maryland Increases
By Brian Wm. Higgin
The table below shows how Maryland ranked among other U.S. District Courts in terms of the number of lawsuits raising patent issues in 2008 (source Justia.com). Table values are based on the number of complaints filed in 2008. As shown, 31 patent lawsuits were initiated in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (Greenbelt and Baltimore divisions combined) in 2008, which is nearly a 30% increase over the number of patent lawsuits initiated in Maryland in 2007.

Full post as published by Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog on January 11, 2009 (boomark / email).
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