Trademark & copyright duration statistics, by court
Trademark & copyright — trademark and copyright suits in federal court — take a median of 150 days from filing to resolution, based on 100,463 real cases in the public federal court record. Most resolve between 88 days and 1.6 years — full statistics, disposition mix, and district breakdown below.
Filing to termination · 100,463 cases · median 150 days
How trademark or copyright lawsuit cases end
Of 70,060 resolved cases — the observed record, not a prediction of any one case.
Trademark & copyright duration by court
Median time to resolution in the districts with the most trademark or copyright lawsuit cases.
| District | Cases | Median | Slowest 10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| C.D. Cal. | 12,625 | 175d | 1.4 yr |
| N.D. Ill. | 12,514 | 103d | 307d |
| S.D.N.Y. | 9,695 | 153d | 1.8 yr |
| S.D. Fla. | 5,694 | 118d | 1.1 yr |
| N.D. Cal. | 4,504 | 146d | 1.5 yr |
| E.D.N.Y. | 4,308 | 194d | 1.7 yr |
| D.N.J. | 4,023 | 148d | 1.5 yr |
| M.D. Fla. | 3,272 | 126d | 1.3 yr |
| E.D. Pa. | 2,269 | 95d | 350d |
| S.D. Tex. | 2,187 | 160d | 1.7 yr |
| E.D. Va. | 2,052 | 119d | 334d |
| N.D. Ga. | 1,966 | 211d | 2.0 yr |
| W.D. Tex. | 1,867 | 224d | 1.8 yr |
| D. Md. | 1,866 | 142d | 1.1 yr |
| N.D. Tex. | 1,793 | 146d | 1.4 yr |
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Tertius, "Trademark & copyright: how long federal cases take, and how they end" (2026). Analysis of Federal Judicial Center Integrated Data Base records, 9.1M U.S. federal civil cases. https://usetertius.com/benchmarks/trademark-copyright
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Source: data/fjc/civil.parquet (Federal Judicial Center), cleaned by Tertius · model tertius-acta-6. Durations are filing to termination for U.S. federal civil cases. This is observed historical data, not a prediction of any specific case, and not legal advice. Tertius forecasts timing and disposition, never merits or damages.