Apple was the No. 1 target of patent lawsuits in 2013It was a record year for patent trolls.
<p>FORTUNE -- Fun facts from Lex Machina's 2013 Patent Litigation Year in Review:</p>
A record 6,092 new patent cases were filed in U.S. District Courts, up 12.4% from 2012
As usual, the plaintiff-friendly Eastern District of Texas got more than its share: 1,495, up 20%.
Judge Rodney Gilstrap in the Eastern District was assigned 941 cases, more than double his nearest colleague.
The top 10 plaintiffs were so-called patent monetization entities --
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Apple was the No. 1 target of patent lawsuits in 2013
