The number of patent cases filed in the U.S. rose by 25 percent in 2013 to a record 6,500 cases, and the increase was largely driven by patent trolls, according to the latest edition of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ annual patent litigation study [PDF].
The number of patents granted also rose to almost 300,000, an increase of 7 percent, the study found.
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