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SSJR Wins Appeal Obtaining Reversal of Claim Rejections in Reexamination


SSJR convinced the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“Board”), on appeal, that the patent examiner erroneously had rejected numerous patent claims in the reexamination proceeding as being anticipated by or obvious over prior art. In reversing these rejections, the Board upheld […]

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June 22, 2009 by in General

SSJR Successful in Turkish Opposition


The Turkish Patent Institute (“TPI”) has ruled in favor of SSJR client Nielsen Business Media, Inc. in its opposition to an infringing application to register BILLBOARD for clothing. The TPI ruled that the applicant’s mark BILLBOARD, when used on clothing, was likely to be confused with Nielsen’s existing trademark BILLBOARD […]

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May 5, 2009 by in General