I've noticed, and heard from others, that it seems like there were a lot of new case filings in the District of Delaware this month.
I was curious if that's true, so I did some unscientific research based on how many PACER new-case e-mails I've received. So far, for March 2025, I've seen 127 of these. That's more than any of the 16 prior months, only one of which broke 100. And it's quite a bit more than the 49 I received in January, or the 74 I received in February.
March of last year (2024) was busy as well, with 97 such e-mails. But, even if we get no more filings for the rest of the month, this year's number will top last year's by more than 30%.
Of course, not all cases are the same. A patent litigation campaign by an NPE against many defendants is very different from true competitor patent litigation. From a quick review, the filings this month look like a mix of both. And these include a mix of various other civil filings, not just patent cases. So it's hard to say just how big of an increase in actual workload it may be.
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