Trademark filings dipped slightly in 2015, but have for the most part remained steady over the last seven years, according to a report released on Monday.

The report, which is produced by data analytics company Lex Machina and draws on seven years worth of data from federal court dockets, says 3,532 trademark cases were filed in 2015, compared with 4,307 in 2014.

Brian Howard, a data scientist with Lex Machina, said most of the decrease this year can be attributed to a raft of about 450 trademark cases filed in the third quarter of 2014, in which former football players sued the National Football League, challenging the league’s use of their likeness.

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