Mobile patent suits
A view of patent-related lawsuits in the mobile communications industry, circa 2011. Data: Thomson Reuters
const width = 960;
const height = 600;
const types = Array.from(new Set(suits.map((d) => d.type)));
const nodes = Array.from(new Set(suits.flatMap((l) => [l.source, l.target])), (id) => ({id}));
const links = suits.map((d) => structuredClone(d));
const color = d3.scaleOrdinal(types, d3.schemeCategory10);
const simulation = d3.forceSimulation(nodes)
.force("link", d3.forceLink(links).id((d) => d.id))
.force("charge", d3.forceManyBody().strength(-400))
.force("x", d3.forceX())
.force("y", d3.forceY());
const svg = d3.create("svg")
.attr("viewBox", [-width / 2, -height / 2, width, height])
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
.attr("style", "max-width: 100%; height: auto; font: 12px var(--sans-serif);");
// Per-type markers, as they don't inherit styles.
svg.append("defs").selectAll("marker")
.data(types)
.join("marker")
.attr("id", (d) => `arrow-${d}`)
.attr("viewBox", "0 -5 10 10")
.attr("refX", 15)
.attr("refY", -0.5)
.attr("markerWidth", 6)
.attr("markerHeight", 6)
.attr("orient", "auto")
.append("path")
.attr("fill", color)
.attr("d", "M0,-5L10,0L0,5");
const link = svg.append("g")
.attr("fill", "none")
.attr("stroke-width", 1.5)
.selectAll("path")
.data(links)
.join("path")
.attr("stroke", (d) => color(d.type))
.attr("marker-end", (d) => `url(${new URL(`#arrow-${d.type}`, location)})`);
const node = svg.append("g")
.attr("fill", "currentColor")
.attr("stroke-linecap", "round")
.attr("stroke-linejoin", "round")
.selectAll("g")
.data(nodes)
.join("g")
.call(drag(simulation));
node.append("circle")
.attr("stroke", "white")
.attr("stroke-width", 1.5)
.attr("r", 4);
node.append("text")
.attr("x", 8)
.attr("y", "0.31em")
.text((d) => d.id)
.clone(true).lower()
.attr("fill", "none")
.attr("stroke", "white")
.attr("stroke-width", 3);
simulation.on("tick", () => {
link.attr("d", linkArc);
node.attr("transform", (d) => `translate(${d.x},${d.y})`);
});
invalidation.then(() => simulation.stop());
display(svg.node());
function linkArc({source: s, target: t}) {
const r = Math.hypot(t.x - s.x, t.y - s.y);
return `M${s.x},${s.y}A${r},${r} 0 0,1 ${t.x},${t.y}`;
}
const suits = FileAttachment("data/mobile-patent-suits.csv").csv().then(display);
function drag(simulation) {
function dragstarted(event, d) {
if (!event.active) simulation.alphaTarget(0.3).restart();
d.fx = d.x;
d.fy = d.y;
}
function dragged(event, d) {
d.fx = event.x;
d.fy = event.y;
}
function dragended(event, d) {
if (!event.active) simulation.alphaTarget(0);
d.fx = null;
d.fy = null;
}
return d3.drag()
.on("start", dragstarted)
.on("drag", dragged)
.on("end", dragended);
}