Lex Machina: Mobile patent lawsuits have increased 25% each year since 2006

Lex Machina, a patent law firm, has published a new study on patent litigation, which shows that mobile industry-related patents have grown 25% annually over the past few years, and that mobile patent lawsuits filed in the United States accounted for 8% of all patent lawsuits (24 out of 294) by August this year. Apple is often a central player in patent disputes, although not necessarily an attacker.

HTC, Motorola, Samsung and other Android manufacturers are also frequent court cases. Recently, Wi-LAN Company took them all to court.