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SSJR’s trial team successfully defended its client Apotex against a claim of patent infringement brought by AstraZeneca regarding a generic version of AstraZeneca’s Pulmicort Respules. AstraZeneca filed suit against Apotex and several other generic drug manufacturers for infringement of two U.S. patents directed to methods of use and formulations of […]

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has granted a rehearing en banc in LIGHTING BALLAST CONTROL v. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS. The Federal Circuit is considering the continued viability of de novo appellate claim construction under Cybor Corp. v. FAS Techs., Inc., 138 F.3d 1448, 1454–55 (Fed.Cir.1998) and […]

SSJR Member Andy Corea was interviewed recently by Texas Lawyer regarding the Lighting Ballast case currently pending before the Federal Circuit. Mr. Corea along with Stephen McNamara and Todd Oberdick co-authored an amicus brief on behalf of the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association supporting a rehearing of the case en […]

On March 4, 2013, SSJR filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Case No. 3:13-cv-00297) on behalf of its client, legendary sailor and sailboat designer Bruce Kirby. The complaint alleges that LaserPerformance, Farzad Rastegar, and international sailing regulatory organizations ILCA and ISAF have […]

The patent prosecution highway (PPH) is a set of initiatives designed to accelerate patent prosecution by allowing participating patent offices to benefit from one another’s opinions. A patent application may be granted PPH status (fast-track examination procedures) in the U.S. if a foreign patent office has found patentable at least […]