The University of Georgia (UGA) Patent Litigation Datafile, United States, 1929-2006 (ICPSR 38178)

Version Date: Feb 7, 2022

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Principal Investigator(s):
John L. Turner, University of Georgia

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38178.v1

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Summary

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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    Turner, John L. The University of Georgia (UGA) Patent Litigation Datafile, United States, 1929-2006. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-02-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38178.v1

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    Funding

    National Science Foundation. Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (0751661)

    Subject Terms

    Geographic Coverage

    Distributor(s)

    Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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    Time Period(s)

    1929-01-01 -- 2006-12-31
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    Study Design

    The data combine two separately-gathered data sets, one for district court decisions published in the United States Patents Quarterly (USPQ) and another for appeals court decisions published in the (USPQ). In both cases, decisions span 1929-2006. District court decisions are matched to the first appeals court decision in the case, using the USPQ and case histories from Westlaw. In cases where the district court decision is not published but the appellate court decision is published, the district court decision from the appellate court decision is observed. Hence, the data include many district court decisions that are unpublished.

    Sample

    Patent Litigation decisions come from the United States Patents Quarterly. Patent-specific information comes from the The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

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    Mode of Data Collection

    Description of Variables

    Variables include information about the patents, such as the date the patent was issued and where in the United States the patent originated from, updates to the patents, and the results of litigation surrounding those patents.

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    Original Release Date

    2022-02-07

    Version History

    2022-02-07 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

    • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

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