An in-depth study on the patent litigation in Pharma & Biotech industry in 2014.
See who were the top defendants and the top plaintiffs. Patent litigation suits filed by year, by court, by law-firms, by region, etc.
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Top plaintiff No. of cases
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. 47
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 35
AstraZeneca AB 32
Pfizer, Inc. 30
The Tawnsaura Group, LLC 26
AbbVie, Inc. 22
Cephalon, Inc. 22
Thermolife International, LLC 22
Warner Chilcott Company, LLC 21
Eli Lilly and Company 19
TOP COMPANIES AS PLAINTIFF
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Top defendant No. of cases
Mylan, Inc. 43
Watson Laboratories, Inc. 35
Actavis Elizabeth, LLC 30
Lupin, Ltd. 28
Sandoz, Inc. 26
Apotex Corp. 24
Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC 23
Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. 22
Aurobinda Pharma, Ltd. 19
Roxane Laboratories, Inc. 18
TOP COMPANIES AS DEFENDANT
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Following are the details of the court wise case filings by Pharma & Biotech companies in the year 2014
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Central
California
Northern
Delaware Florida
Southern
Illinois
Northern
Indiana
Southern
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Jersey
New York
Southern
Texas
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Virginia
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Utah Rest of
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No. of Cases 18 7 216 10 11 12 10 10 156 29 9 11 12 73
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COURT-WISE NEW CASES FILED IN 2014
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Following are the details of the court wise case closures by Pharma & Biotech companies in the year 2014
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No. of Cases 50 13 19 162 11 10 8 13 8 113 40 43 23 92
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COURT-WISE CLOSED CASES IN 2014
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Midwest 51 45
Northeast 422 341
South East 53 86
South West 16 34
West 42 99
REGION-WISE FILED & CLOSED CASES IN 2014
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Top Plaintiff Lawfirm 2014 cases
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Top Defendant Lawfirm 2014 cases
Plaintiff's Lawfirm No. of cases
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP 177
Mccarter & English, LLP 92
Pepper Hamilton, LLP 55
Ashby & Geddes 25
Saul Ewing, LLP 23
Shaw Keller, LLP 22
Fish & Richardson, PC 21
Newport Trial Group 19
Barnes & Thornburg, LLP 18
Robinson, Wettre & Miller, LLC 17
Defendant's Lawfirm No. of cases
Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP 31
Richards, Layton & Finger, PA 22
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP 19
Budd Larner, PC 15
Phillips, Goldman & Spence, PA 14
Connell Foley, LLP 13
Fish & Richardson, PC 9
Fox Rothschild, LLP 9
Hill Wallack, LLP 8
Saiber, LLC 8
TOP LAWFIRMS HANDLING PHARMA & BIOTECH LAWSUITS
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