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);
}
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