Patent Litigation Statisitics in Washington State 2008

Looking back on another year of patent litigation in Washington State, 2008 started out with a bang but fizzled to end the year down about 15% from last year , with just 42 cases through December. Washington had more patent cases this year than its neighboring states, Oregon (19); Idaho (3); and Alaska (0), but its patent docket in 2008 was still considerably smaller than California's (413), Texas' (394), New York's (160), Delaware's (165), and Illinois' (158), to name a few of the busiest jurisdictions in 2008. Washington's patent case load in 2008 was comparable to case loads from Georgia (55), Minnesota (47), Wisconsin (64), Virginia (56), and Massachusetts (51). (Source: Justia, as of 12/21/2008)

Judge Martinez (8) and Judge Pechman (7) were assigned the most patent cases in 2008. Other Judges were assigned about half as many, such as Judge Jones (4), Judge Robart (5), and Judge Lasnik (3). (Numbers are from the cases as assigned by the clerk's office. Cases may have been reassigned since then) Judge Zilly is on senior status but he was assigned two patent cases in 2008. Judge Coughenhour, also on senior status, is apparently no longer taking trademark cases and he was not assigned a patent case last year either.

Here is the complete 2008 case list by month filed and assigned judge.

November
Data Retrieval Technology LLC v. Sybase Inc et al	WA Western	Martinez
Vectra Fitness Inc v. Torque Fitness LLC	WA Western	Jones
October
ADC Technology Inc v. Microsoft Corporation et al	WA Western	Martinez
September
Amphipod Inc v. Penguin Brands Inc	WA Western	Pechman
Majestec 125 LLC v. Maritime Fabrications Inc	WA Western	Pechman
Wistron Corporation v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd et al	WA Western	Pechman
August
Laughing Rabbit Inc v. OpticsPlanet Inc	WA Western	Robart
July
Chef'n Corporation v. Trudeau Corporation	WA Western	Pechman
Northwest Agricultural Products, Inc. v. Emerald Bioagriculture Corp	WA Eastern	Shea
Malki v. Franke Commercial Systems Inc. et al	WA Western	Martinez
Implicit Networks Inc. v. International Business Machines Corporation et al	WA Western	Tsuchida
Loops, LLC et al v. Phoenix Trading, Inc. et al	WA Western	Martinez
Widevine Technologies Inc v. Verimatrix Inc	WA Western	Robart
June
Nintendo of America Inc v. Nyko Technologies Inc.	WA Western	Lasnik
May
Microscan Systems Inc v. Cognex Corporation	WA Western	Martinez
Brower v. Lowe's Companies Inc et al	WA Western	Robart
Westfield Outdoor Inc v. GCI Outdoor Inc	WA Western	Jones
April
TGN, Inc v. CRS, LLC	WA Western	Pechman
VTran Media Technologies LLC v. Astound Broadband LLC et al	WA Western	Pechman
Unigen Pharmaceuticals Inc v. Perrigo Company et al	WA Western	Leighton
Gardner v. Toyota Motor Corporation et al	WA Western	Jones
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV	WA Western	Pechman
American Piledriving Equipment Inc v. Hydraulic Power Systems Inc et al	WA Western	Martinez
Progressive International Corporation v. Jo-Ann Stores Inc.	WA Western	Lasnik
March
Zacklift International Inc v. Kooima	WA Eastern	Van Sickle
Progressive International Corporation v. CKC International LLC	WA Western	Theiler
Cequint Inc v. TECMobile Software LLC	WA Western	Jones
CRS LLC v. Valve Corp	WA Western	Donohue
February
Laughing Rabbit Inc v. Nashbar & Associates Inc	WA Western	Martinez
J & E Hynds LLC v. Hopscotch Technology Inc	WA Western	Arnold
BE Meyers & Co Inc v. Advanced Armament Corp	WA Western	Theiler
Implicit Networks Inc v. Advanced Micro Devices Inc et al	WA Western	Robart
January
Zodiac of North America Inc et al v. 1181969 Ontario Limited et al	WA Western	Martinez
Laughing Rabbit Inc v. J&S Marketing LLC	WA Western	Lasnik
Sterling International, Inc. v. Hiscox et al	WA Eastern	Shea
Airbiquity Inc v. AT&T Inc et al	WA Western	Theiler
Cequint Inc v. Pint-Sized Apps	WA Western	Robart
Cequint Inc v. Incipher Inc	WA Western	Zilly
Trinity Glass International Inc v. ODL Incorporated	WA Western	Bryan
Fascinations Toys & Gifts Inc v. Levitation Arts Inc et al	WA Western	Robart
Neometal WA Inc v. Industrial Strength Corporation	WA Western	Leighton
Procyte Corporation v. Johnstone et al	WA Western	Zilly