Re: Texaco decision

>>>Ted Lebuza writes:
>>>
>>>As a reader of this net but with little legal background I would like
>>>some claification of the impact of the decision on University resaerch
>>>that may lead to a patent. Is it correct that that the scenario is that
>>>several years ago several publishers sued Texaco on the basis that some
>>>of their scientists copied articles out of journals they published. The
>>>scientists then went on and reade the papers and used some of the
>>>knowledge to create a product. The publishers thus felt they were due
>>>some of the profit from the product. The publishers won the case (several
>>>$MM) in a US District court and it was appealed. The Circuit Court has
>>>now released it's decision (2 to 1).

   Can I state the question again, because depending on the answer,    there may be an important point here. As I understand it, the case    did not hinge on Texaco researchers making copies of articles for    their own use. I seem to recall reading that Texaco staff made    copies of the articles for use by Texaco researchers at sites other    than the ones which had purchased the journals. It sounded somewhat    like a selective dissemination of information service.

   Howard Pasternack
   <blips15[_at_]brownvm.brown.edu> Received on Wed Nov 09 1994 - 14:01:55 GMT