The number of new patent cases filed in the District of Delaware jumped 33 percent in 2013, according to new data released Tuesday. However, patent attorneys say the bump is the result of a 2011 change in the law governing patents and not increased activity among plaintiffs.
Plaintiffs filed 1,336 patent cases in the District of Delaware last year, according to data from Lex Machina, a Menlo Park, Calif., legal analytics and research company. That represents a 33 percent increase over the 1,002 cases filed in 2012.
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