New federal court filings of patent infringement lawsuits, often considered an area of law relatively immune from a recession, dropped significantly in the last five months of 2008.
Last year, 2,605 patent infringement cases were filed, down by about 8 percent from 2007, according to Stanford Law School’s IP Litigation Clearinghouse, which tracks new filings. Filings had been on the rise since 2005.
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