The issue focused on attempts by corporations and lawyers to seize intellectual property rights over peer-reviewed academic journals and journals published by nonprofit universities and colleges. Such lawsuits seek to seize ownership of journals published by nonprofit universities and colleges (those operating without profit motive), sometimes claiming copyright infringement or violating trademarks (those relating to pharmaceutical products). Copyright disputes tend to involve disputes over patent ownership or patents covering technological inventions that often extend beyond traditional patents covering pharmaceutical products. Courts tend to grant patents even though those patents cover innovations that already exist and