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A Systematic Analysis of Product Counterfeiting Schemes, Offenders, and Victims, 43 states and 42 countries, 2000-2015 (ICPSR 37177)

Released/updated on: 2021-07-07
Geographic coverage: North Carolina, Indiana, England, Utah, Bahamas, Greece, South Korea, Latvia, Panama, Arizona, Montana, Japan, Kentucky, Belize, California, Kansas, Florida, India, Pennsylvania, New Zealand, Canada, Iowa, Turkey, Belgium, Illinois, Texas, Taiwan, Connecticut, Finland, South Africa, Italy, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, Germany, Idaho, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Hong Kong, United States, Oklahoma, Tennessee, China (Peoples Republic), Alabama, Thailand, Washington, South Carolina, Russia, Nebraska, Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia, West Virginia, Netherlands, Sweden, Pakistan, Massachusetts, Ireland, Colorado, Missouri, Kuwait, France, Jordan, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Nevada, Rhode Island, South Dakota, United Kingdom, Minnesota, New York (state), Switzerland, New Jersey, Michigan, Spain, Palestine, Lebanon, Cuba, Venezuela, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Louisiana, Mexico, Ohio, Israel, Australia
Time period: 2000-01-01--2015-12-31

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.

Product counterfeiting is the fraudulent reproduction of trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property related to tangible products without the authorization of the producer and motivated by the desire for profit. This study create a Product Counterfeiting Database (PCD) by assessing multiple units of analysis associated with counterfeiting crimes from 2000-2015: (1) scheme; (2) offender (individual); (3) offender (business); (4) victim (consumer); and (5) victim (trademark owner). Unique identification numbers link records for each unit of analysis in a relational database.

The collection contains 5 Stata files and 1 Excel spreadsheet file.

  • Scheme-Data.dta (n=196, 35 variables)
  • Offender-Individual-Data.dta (n=551, 16 variables)
  • Offender-Business-Data.dta (n=310, 5 variables)
  • Victim-Consumer-Data.dta (n=54, 8 variables)
  • Victim-Trademark-Owner-Data.dta (n=146, 5 variables)
  • Relational-Data.xlsx (4 spreadsheet tabs)
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The University of Georgia (UGA) Patent Litigation Datafile, United States, 1929-2006 (ICPSR 38178)

Released/updated on: 2022-02-07
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1929-01-01--2006-12-31

The centerpiece of these patent litigation data are decisions from US courts. The data include litigated patents themselves, a set of random patents matched to the litigated patents, and numerous decision-specific and patent-specific variables. Before using these data, please read the following paper:

  • Henry, Matthew D.; McGahee, Thomas P.; Turner, John L. 2013. Dynamics of Patent Precedent and Enforcement: An Introduction to the UGA Patent Litigation Datafile.

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