Life Science Industry Development Report
Success Resulted in More IP Cases in U.S. Courts
• 2011-2020: about 2,000 U.S. district court IP cases involving Shenzhen companies
200
150
Claimant Win
524 30%
Likely Settlement
723 41%
Default Judgment
413
23%
Plaintiff Voluntary Dismissal
221 13%
Filings
Consent Judgment
49
3%
Stipulated Dismissal
502 28%
100
Judgment on the Pleadings
0
0%
Procedural Resolution
174 10%
Summary Judgment
25
1%
Contested Dismissal
22 1%
50
Trial
35
2%
Dismissal
32 2%
50
Judgment as a Matter of Law
2
0%
Consolidation
29 2%
Decision on Bankruptcy Appeal
0
0%
Severance
2
0%
Claim Defendant Win
32
2%
Interdistrict Transfer
48
3%
0
<2011 2011
2012
2013
2014 2015
2016
2017
2018
2019 2020
Default Judgment
0 0%
Intradistrict Transfer
5
0%
Consent Judgment
2
0%
Stay
24
1%
Patent
43
31
54
93
66
102
95 133
143
110 65
Judgment on the Pleadings
3
0%
Multidistrict Litigation
12
1%
Trademark
25
22
25
38
65
69
93
128
188
169
36
Summary Judgment
16
1%
No Case Resolution
311 18%
Trial
8
0%
Copyright
5
7
6
7
14
14
13
21
44
46
42
7
Judgment as a Matter of Law
3
0%
Morgan Lewis
Source: Lex Machina, 5/15/2020
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