November 14, 2012
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday asked a judge to rule that it is fair use for law firms to make copies of copyrighted journal articles for internal use while preparing patent applications, backing Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner PA in a suit by academic publishers.
October 30, 2012
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner PA, which is accused by two publishers of infringing copyrights by including scientific journal articles in patent applications, asked a court Friday to order the publishers to explain how they make money from the articles and turn over any analysis they've done about fair use of the articles.
September 17, 2012
Two scientific journal publishers backed down Friday from their claims that Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner PA infringed the copyrights attached to their articles by including them in patent applications, months after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said such conduct is protected.
July 03, 2012
A Minnesota federal judge on Monday refused to toss a pair of scientific journal publishers' copyright case against Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner PA, saying the law firm failed to debunk claims that it infringed articles by including them in patent applications.
June 07, 2012
Two publishers accusing an intellectual property boutique of infringing copyright by using their scientific journal articles in patent applications on Tuesday argued they had made sufficient claims that the law firm had unlawfully copied articles they own or hold licenses to.
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.