By Steve Scherer ( July 1, 2026, 20:06 GMT | Comment) -- A new study of third-party litigation funding, or TPLF, found that patent litigation accounts for nearly all funded cases before US District Judge Colm Connolly in Delaware, with about 15 percent of patent suits receiving outside financial backing. The research suggests disclosure rules may have discouraged funded plaintiffs from filing in Delaware.Patent litigation has become a multibillion-dollar investment opportunity, and a recent study focused on US Judge Colm Connolly's district court in Delaware provides data that has largely been absent from the long-running debate about the use of third-party litigation funding, or TPLF, in patent cases....
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