Businesses and individuals filed a record 851 patent infringement lawsuits in November – more than half of them in the federal courts of East Texas – amid concerns that new court rules that went into effect Dec. 1 could make it more difficult for their litigation to be successful. The biggest wave of new intellectual property disputes occurred during the five business days surrounding Thanksgiving (Nov. 22-30), when plaintiffs filed 341 suits in East Texas, making it the busiest nine-day period in any court jurisdiction ever, Lex Machina data shows.

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