2017 Report of the Economic Survey

13 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 3 1 0 0

73.6% ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD 63.3% ISD 85.0% 78.3% ISD ISD ISD 44.0% ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD 60.0% ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD

75.0% ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD 50.0% ISD 75.0% 75.0% ISD ISD ISD 87.5% ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD 112.0% ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD ISD

West

Other

S.F.

CMSA

L.A.

CMSA

Central Texas

Other

PMSA

St. Paul

Minne.-

CMSA

Chicago

Location

South- east

Other

South- east

Metro

I-196

East

Other

100.0% .0% 5

85.7% 14.3% 7

100.0% .0% 3

100.0% .0% 7

100.0% .0% 3

66.7% 33.3% 6

100.0% .0% 5

62.5% 37.5% 8

ISD ISD 2

ISD ISD 2

ISD ISD 1

100.0% .0% 6

100.0% .0% 7

84.3% 15.7% 83

70.0% 30.0% 10

72.7% 27.3% 11

Wash, DC CMSA

Total

Count

Copyright Infringement

AIPLA Report of the Economic Survey 2017

Phila

CMSA

percent of the cost of

Cost of

defending

asserting is a

NYC

CMSA

action?

CMSA

Boston

About the same infringement action compare to the total cost of defending such an

In your experience, how does the total cost of asserting a copyright

Total

Boston CMSA NYC CMSA

Phila CMSA

Wash, DC CMSA Other East

Metro Southeast

Other Southeast

Chicago CMSA

Minne.- St. Paul PMSA Other Central Texas L.A. CMSA

S.F. CMSA

Other West Non-US

Number of Respondents Mean (Average)

10th Percentile 10%

First Quartile 25%

Median (Midpoint)

Third Quartile 75%

90th Percentile 90%

All Individuals Location

% of the cost

of defending

The total cost of asserting a copyright infringement action in comparison to the total cost of defending such an action (Q40C) Cost of asserting as a percent of the cost of defending (Q40Cx)