January 29, 2015
A long-running case in which academic publishers sued attorneys who used their articles in patent applications ended with a settlement Wednesday, closing out a suit the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said could have caused "serious harm" to the patent system.
January 21, 2014
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP and the academic publishers that have accused it of infringing copyright by copying journal articles while preparing patent applications sparred in briefs filed Monday in Illinois federal court over whether the firm's actions are shielded by the First Amendment.
June 03, 2013
Law firm McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP rebutted a copyright infringement suit claiming it jilted two academic publishers by forwarding emails of copyrighted journal articles while pursuing patent applications, telling an Illinois federal judge Friday the publishers haven't shown they own the copyrights.
June 12, 2012
The use of copyrighted literature in the filing of patents is fundamental to the patent system and shouldn't be impeded, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said Tuesday as it sought to intervene in a copyright infringement suit against McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP.
April 20, 2012
The inclusion of copyrighted journal articles in patent applications is fair use and requiring a license for such material would undermine the patent system, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, one of the law firms that two publishers have accused of infringement, said in a response filed Thursday.
March 01, 2012
Publishers American Institute of Physics and John Wiley & Sons Inc. launched suits in Illinois and Minnesota federal courts Wednesday claiming two intellectual property law firms used copyrighted scientific journal articles in patent applications without permission.