Yesterday, the Court posted its 2026 Annual Report. There are a few easy highlights here.
Civil case filings in 2025 went up by 10%:

That increase seems to stem from more IP cases and more prisoner petitions:

Delaware continues to have one of the highest counts of patent cases per active judgeship:

In the above chart, Delaware almost takes the lead, but EDTX has more overall patent cases. Of course, in recent years, NPE cases have trended towards TX—if there were a chart of competitor cases, which are much more work, I expect Delaware would easily take the lead.
The full report is embedded below. Enjoy!
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