Texas Courts See Influx of Cases Against Retailers & Banks

Prior to the sun setting on the Covered Business Method (CBM) patent challenges this past September, the filings of such challenges with the PTAB had tailed off significantly. This led many to believe that the proceeding had outlived its usefulness.  However, a recent uptick in business method assertions (as I predicted would occur) seems to demonstrate that the mere existence of the CBM proceeding had a prophylactic impact on the assertion of business method patents.
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