Empirical Studies of Copyright Litigation: Nature of Suit Coding
8 Pages Posted: 25 Sep 2013 Last revised: 18 Dec 2013
Date Written: September 24, 2013
Abstract
This article investigates reliance on the Nature of Suit coding in the PACER records for empirical studies of copyright litigation. It concludes that although the PACER Nature of Suit for copyright does not in fact capture all copyright cases, it is a good enough sample for most purposes.
Keywords: Copyright, Empirical, PACER, Nature of Suit, Litigation, Validity
JEL Classification: K00
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Sag, Matthew, Empirical Studies of Copyright Litigation: Nature of Suit Coding (September 24, 2013). Loyola University Chicago School of Law Research Paper No. 2013-017, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2330256 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2330256
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