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On February 13, 2015, SSJR, for its client Apotex, won a patent trial against AstraZeneca, lifting an injunction and clearing the path for Apotex to enter the $1.1 billion annual Pulmicort Respules® market with a generic version of the popular asthma drug. SSJR will now be seeking damages as compensation […]

After an oral argument before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, SSJR attorneys have secured a reversal of an anticipation rejection by the Patent Office. The patent application, for SSJR Client ABB, concerns a method and system for facilitating a user to establish the cause of a process error that […]

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. […]