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Docket Navigator

Employees 11-50 Updated 2026-04-12
What it is

Docket Navigator is the dominant patent litigation analytics platform, covering every significant event across US district courts, the Court of Federal Claims, the ITC, and PTAB proceedings. Serves ~17,000 users across 88 of the AmLaw 100, plus corporate IP departments. Acquired by Law Business Research Ltd. (2021). Outperformed Lex Machina in 8/10 search categories per independent Feit Report. 509 LinkedIn followers (niche B2B market). Competes with Lex Machina (LexisNexis), Docket Alarm (Fastcase), and RPX.

Capabilities

Spans 6 product areas: Litigation , Analytics, Legal Research, Intellectual Property Practice, CRM, Marketing and Business Development, Knowledge Management.

Workflow Coverage

Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 6 workflow areas:

  • Research & Analysis — Citation Checking
  • Filing & Compliance — Timelines
  • Document Drafting & Automation
  • Firm Operations & Growth
  • Client & Matter Lifecycle
  • Document Review & Management

Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.

What We Haven’t Verified

This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.

Integrations

Platforms Docket Navigator integrates with. Depth — where curated — reflects how native the connection is. Uncurated entries render without a depth dot.

  • InQuartik Quality Insights
  • PACER / CM/ECF
  • U.S. International Trade Commission
  • USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Deep — bi-directional API Medium — one-way sync / webhook Shallow — middleware / Zapier-class

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