ABSTRACT
This chapter describes a comprehensive approach to studying patent infringement litigation that encompasses multiple layers of patent infringement litigation. It explains how to link together and analyze datasets containing information about those components. The example used in this chapter involves patent litigation, but this approach can be expanded to empirical analysis of other types of intellectual property litigation, or even legal disputes more generally. Drawing upon this approach, we find that around 6% of patent cases result in at least one appeal, but that this frequency varies substantially by district.
Rantanen, Jason, Studying Patent Infringement Litigation (August 18, 2022). Forthcoming in Research Handbook On Empirical Studies In Intellectual Property Law, Estelle Derclaye, ed; University of Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No 2022-35.
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