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SSJR attorneys have secured a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board reversing the rejection of an important claim directed to a medical dissection instrument. Allowance of the patent application is expected in due course.

SSJR member Andy Corea will serve as an Adjunct Professor at The Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Law Clinic at University of Connecticut School of Law for the Spring 2015 semester. Mr. Corea will supervise law students in the practice of trademark law for the Clinic’s clients. The Intellectual Property and […]

The Glossary Pilot Program of The United States Patent and Trademark Office aims to increase claim clarity by allowing applicants to include a glossary that defines key terms in patent claims in exchange for expedited examination. Eligible applications must be original U.S. applications and must be software- or business method-related. […]

SSJR attorneys successfully defended a Motion to Dismiss filed with the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”), maintaining our client’s claim of prior use of the trademark JW. SSJR’s client Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (“Watch Tower”), which has been using its JW mark since as […]

The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) issued a decision granting SSJR’s opposition against the trademark GO PRO OR GO HOME for various forms of apparel. SSJR’s client in this case is a sole proprietor who owns a prior registration for the mark GO PRO. The Board agreed with […]