Patent Attorneys Sued For Copyright Infringement 97
Zordak writes "Patent blogger Dennis Crouch writes on Patently-O of a catch-22 for attorneys. Patent attorneys are required to submit all prior art that they know of to the patent office. Failing to do so is an ethical violation, and can result in a patent being invalidated. But now the Hoboken Publishing Company and the American Institute of Physics are suing a major patent firm for copyright infringement, because they submit articles to the patent office without paying a separate royalty."
Yo dawg (Score:5, Funny)
We heard you like suing people so we put a copyright in your patent process so you can be sued while you're suing.
Re:IP daily? Not so much ... (Score:4, Funny)
[...]The lawyer needs to purchase the information for the application and failed to do so.[...]
Then change the law so that even an IP-lawyer can understand it. This is just excessive greed.
Re:Looks like its (Score:5, Funny)
Exactly. And think about the royalties if they have to get a copyright license in order to sue in court for unpaid royalties for documents used in the court case!
They've invented a perpetual motion IP machine. That's got to be worth a patent.