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Patent trolls filed hundreds of lawsuits to beat Dec. 1 deadline

Posted by BernardSwiss on Dec 3, 2015 9:15 AM EST
Ars Technica; By Joe Mullin

New patent lawsuits hit an all-time high in November, with many plaintiffs likely hoping to avoid new pleading rules that came into effect yesterday. A whopping 790 lawsuits were filed last month, with at least 212 filed on a single day: Monday, November 30... Also no surprise: a big majority of the cases were filed in Eastern Texas.

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