2017 Report of the Economic Survey

Litigation-Section 337 Patent Infringement by Type of Practice Less than $1M at risk–Initial case management (Q36Da)............................................................................................................ I-154 Less than $1M at risk–Inclusive of discovery, motions, and claim construction (Q36Db) ........................................................... I-154 Less than $1M at risk–Inclusive of pre-trial, trial, post-trial, and appeal (when applicable) (Q36Dc) ......................................... I-154 Less than $1M at risk–Cost of mediation (Q36Dd) ...................................................................................................................... I-155 $1-$10M at risk– Initial case management (Q36De) ................................................................................................................... I-155 $1-$10M at risk– Inclusive of discovery, motions, and claim construction (Q36Df).................................................................... I-155 $1-$10M at risk– Inclusive of pre-trial, trial, post-trial, and appeal (when applicable) (Q36Dg)................................................. I-156 $1-$10M at risk– Cost of mediation (Q36Dh) .............................................................................................................................. I-156 $10-$25M at risk– Initial case management (Q36Di)................................................................................................................... I-156 $10-$25M at risk– Inclusive of discovery, motions, and claim construction (Q36Dj) .................................................................. I-157 $10-$25M at risk– Inclusive of pre-trial, trial, post-trial, and appeal (when applicable) (Q36Dk)............................................... I-157 $10-$25M at risk– Cost of mediation (Q36Dl) ............................................................................................................................. I-157 Greater than $25M at risk– Initial case management (Q36Dm).................................................................................................. I-158 Greater than $25M at risk– Inclusive of discovery, motions, and claim construction (Q36Dn)................................................... I-158 Greater than $25M at risk– Inclusive of pre-trial, trial, post-trial, and appeal (when applicable) (Q36Do) ................................ I-158 Greater than $25M at risk– Cost of mediation (Q36Dp).............................................................................................................. I-159 Patent Infringement Correlation between the amount at risk and the overall attorney hours required to litigate (Q36E) ......................................... I-160 Total cost of asserting compared to total cost of defending (Q36F) ........................................................................................... I-161 Cost of asserting as percent of cost of defending (Q36Fx) .......................................................................................................... I-161 Post-Grant Proceedings by Location Through filing petition (Q37i) ...................................................................................................................................................... I-162 Through end of motion practice (Q37ii) ...................................................................................................................................... I-162 Through PTAB hearing (Q37iii)..................................................................................................................................................... I-162 Through appeal (Q37iv) ............................................................................................................................................................... I-163 Post-Grant Proceedings by Type of Practice Through filing petition (Q37i) ...................................................................................................................................................... I-164 Through end of motion practice (Q37ii) ...................................................................................................................................... I-164 Through PTAB hearing (Q37iii)..................................................................................................................................................... I-164 Through appeal (Q37iv) ............................................................................................................................................................... I-165 Post-Grant Proceedings Total cost of filing a petition compared to total cost of defending (Q37B) ................................................................................. I-166 Cost of filing as percent of cost of defending (Q37Bx)................................................................................................................. I-166 Litigation-Trademark Infringement by Location Less than $1M at risk– Initial case management (Q38a) ............................................................................................................. I-167 Less than $1M at risk– Inclusive of discovery, motions, and claim construction (Q38b)............................................................. I-167 Less than $1M at risk– Inclusive of pre-trial, trial, post-trial, and appeal (when applicable) (Q38c)........................................... I-167 Less than $1M at risk– Cost of mediation (Q38d)........................................................................................................................ I-168 $1-$10M at risk– Initial case management (Q38e)...................................................................................................................... I-168 $1-$10M at risk– Inclusive of discovery, motions, and claim construction (Q38f) ...................................................................... I-168 $1-$10M at risk– Inclusive of pre-trial, trial, post-trial, and appeal (when applicable) (Q38g) ................................................... I-169 $1-$10M at risk– Cost of mediation (Q38h) ................................................................................................................................ I-169 $10-$25M at risk– Initial case management (Q38i)..................................................................................................................... I-169 $10-$25M at risk– Inclusive of discovery, motions, and claim construction (Q38j) .................................................................... I-170 $10-$25M at risk– Inclusive of pre-trial, trial, post-trial, and appeal (when applicable) (Q38k) ................................................. I-170 $10-$25M at risk– Cost of mediation (Q38l)................................................................................................................................ I-170 Greater than $25M at risk– Initial case management (Q38m) .................................................................................................... I-171 Greater than $25M at risk– Inclusive of discovery, motions, and claim construction (Q38n) ..................................................... I-171 Greater than $25M at risk– Inclusive of pre-trial, trial, post-trial, and appeal (when applicable) (Q38o)................................... I-171 Greater than $25M at risk– Cost of mediation (Q38p) ................................................................................................................ I-172 Litigation-Trademark Infringement by Type of Practice Less than $1M at risk– Initial case management (Q38a) ............................................................................................................. I-173 Less than $1M at risk– Inclusive of discovery, motions, and claim construction (Q38b)............................................................. I-173 Less than $1M at risk– Inclusive of pre-trial, trial, post-trial, and appeal (when applicable) (Q38c)........................................... I-173 Less than $1M at risk– Cost of mediation (Q38d)........................................................................................................................ I-174

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