Patent lawsuits dropped off sharply in Mass. courts last year

The number of patent lawsuits filed in Massachusetts federal court fell by 42 percent from 2017 to 2018, a possible sign that changes designed to bring more of the cases to the Bay State haven’t had an effect. At least not yet.The District of Massachusetts was home to 59 new patent cases in 2018, compared with 101 the previous year, according to the legal-data research firm Lex Machina. Last year’s total was the second-lowest for Massachusetts since 2009.New patent cases also dropped