Thomson Reuters Inc. has sued George Mason University and the Commonwealth of Virginia in Richmond City Court for alleging that Zotero, an open source software application developed by GMU's Center for History and New Media, makes improper use of Thomson Reuters' EndNote citation software. $10 million in damages for each year that GMU has offered the software is being sought as well as an injunction. See "Maker of EndNote Citation Softward Sues George Mason U.," by Jeffrey R. Young, Chronicle of Higher Education Wired Campus blog, September 29, 2008.
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3352&utm_source=wc&utm_med...
and "Reuters Says George Mason University is Handing Out Its Proprietary Software," Courthouse News Service, November 17, 2008.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2008/09/17/Reuters_Says_George_Mason_Unive...