Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States
Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States, 487 F.2d 1345 (Ct. Cl. 1973), was an important intellectual property decision by the United States Court of Federal Claims (later affirmed by a per curium opinion from an evenly divided United States Supreme Court, with only eight justices voting, 420 U.S. 376 (1975)). The decision held that it was a fair use for libraries to photocopy articles for use by patrons engaged in scientific research.
See also
- CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada [2004]: Similar Canadian case