Patent litigation, which only a few months ago appeared to be declining, is actually rising significantly.

More than 3,000 patent lawsuits were filed in the first six months of the year, the highest number of new district court cases on record and an increase of more than 11 percent compared with the first half of 2014, according to statistics released Tuesday by Lex Machina.

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