May 22, 2013
Winstead PC attorneys didn't infringe copyrights for scientific articles owned by publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. and others by making copies of and reviewing the literature for use in patent applications without buying a license, a Texas federal judge held Wednesday.
November 20, 2012
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday threw out a publisher's claim that Winstead PC infringed its copyrights by submitting scientific articles in patent applications without a license, but allowed the publisher to pursue claims Winstead profited from copying the articles.
April 23, 2012
Two more law firms were hit with copyright infringement suits in Texas and Kansas federal courts on Friday, part of an ongoing war by the American Institute of Physics and two publishers who claim their scientific journal articles have been improperly used in patent applications.