Playing with data is so much fun

There is quite a lot of raw data in the FPC’s decisions. Why not scramble and shuffle it a bit? I did so below for the decisions published in 2017. It’s kind of a sneak preview; I will extend the lists to include the older decisions later.

Try and play with it: Scroll horizontally through the tables, to see the full picture. The contents are searchable to only show the information you are looking for, and the tables are sortable by each column.

1.   Decisions

[table id=1 row_order=sort row_order_sort_column=B row_order_sort_direction=DESC /]

NOTES

n/a Perhaps the most versatile abbreviation; it either means not available or not applicable.
* The respective information is not identified in the decision. But I either know it by heart or, at least, I am convinced based on the details given in the decision that I am not mistaken.
The advance payment was not for the present decision, but rather for the further course of the proceedings.
Reduced in view of co-pending proceedings.

2.   Litigation teams

Did you ever wonder who is teaming up with whom in litigation, on behalf of which parties — and what the outcome is?

The table below will give you some guidance.

[table id=2 row_order=sort row_order_sort_column=A row_order_sort_direction=DESC /]

NOTES

n/a Perhaps the most versatile abbreviation; it either means not available or not applicable.
* The respective information is not identified in the decision. But I either know it or, at least, I am convinced based on the details given in the decision that I am not mistaken.

Life is complicated. So is litigation. Not each and every outcome can be strictly categorized as a victory, defeat or tie for the parties involved. From a commercial point of view, it may e.g. be perfectly reasonable for a patentee to lodge even a hopeless suit, just to keep the threat up as long as possible. Still, it will be a defeat in legal terms in the end, and (only) this is what I have considered here. Statistics call for simplification:

Court decision issued; at the face of it to be considered a victory.
Court decision issued; at the face of it to be considered a defeat.
Court decision issued, at the face of it to be considered a tie; it is unclear which party actually might feel better off with the decsion.

Unhappy with the grading of your case? You feel I got it wrong? Let me know why, and I will be happy to reconsider.

3.   Judges’ Cases

[table id=3 row_order=sort row_order_sort_column=A row_order_sort_direction=DESC /]

Now, what do you think of all the above? Anything missing? Please let me know.

Martin WILMING

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2 Replies to “Playing with data is so much fun”

  1. That is interesting! Think about taking this a step further, like calculating counsel’s success rates, individually and per team(s); identify price ranges; …

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