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SSJR attorneys have secured a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board reversing all rejections in an application related to electric power tools. The patent application has been returned to the examiner for further action in accordance with the reversal and allowance of the claims is expected in due […]

SSJR won a decision at the Chinese Trademark Review and Appeal Board (“TRAB”) sustaining the opposition filed on behalf of its client Prometheus Global Media LLC, owner of the trademarks for BILLBOARD magazine. The TRAB ruled that the applicant’s mark BILLBOARD LIVE, when used on clothing, was likely to be […]

SSJR attorneys secured a favorable decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, reversing all rejections of an application directed to a device for guiding a saw blade. The Board agreed with SSJR’s arguments and found that the claimed invention is novel and non-obvious over cited prior art. The Board […]

SSJR attorneys secured a favorable decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, reversing all rejections of an application directed to a system and method of estimating road friction in a vehicle using a tire force-tire slip model. The Board agreed with SSJR’s arguments and found that the claimed invention […]

In a 6-4 en banc decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for The Federal Circuit ruled that it will continue to review District Court claim constructions de novo. The Court stated that since claim construction is a legal statement of the scope of the patent right, it turns on the […]