Legal Analytics for Copyright Litigation
Lex Machina’s Legal Analytics for Copyright Litigation enables attorneys and companies to make data-driven decisions about federal securities case strategy and tactics. Now you can use quantified insights into the behavior of district court judges, opposing parties, and opposing counsel to gain competitive advantage in copyright litigation.
Lex Machina’s Copyright data lets you analyze federal copyright case timing, resolutions, damages, remedies, and findings. The Copyright practice area includes cases with one or more claims of copyright infringement brought under 17 USC § 101.
Use Cases
Lex Machina helps you answer questions such as:
- How often do opposing counsel’s cases resolve with a settlement?
- Has my judge ever found there was willfulness or bad faith at summary judgment? What were the facts of that case?
- Which law firms have the most experience representing plaintiffs in file sharing suits? Did those firms take similar cases to trial?
- Has a media company received attorneys’ fees? If so, how much was the amount?
- Has my judge ever granted a motion to dismiss based on fair use?

Case Tags
File Sharing
Damage Categories
Statutory Damages, Actual Damages / Infringer’s Profits
Other / Mixed Damages, Attorneys’ Fees / Costs, Prejudgment Interest
Findings
Ownership / Validity, Infringement, Willfulness / Bad Faith, License or Equitable Defense, Fair Use Defense
Remedies
Granted and Denied Permanent Injunction, Preliminary Injunction, and Temporary Restraining Order