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On November 20, 2018, the SSJR team of Gene Winter and AnneMarie Provino obtained a favorable decision in a UDRP domain name arbitration proceeding, ordering a transfer of the domain name, BillboardMusic.Org to its client Billboard IP Holdings, LLC. The National Arbitration Forum agreed with SSJR’s arguments and concluded that […]

SSJR has successfully obtained settlement for its client WhitServe LLC with the Dennemeyer Group, PAVIS eG and Ladas & Parry LLC. This concludes litigation in the U.S. District Court in Connecticut regarding allegations of infringement of WhitServe’s patents by the parties’ Internet-based payment of patent annuities and trademark renewals. The named defendants in the suit, which […]

SSJR’s patent and trademark term calculator is now available as a mobile application through the Apple® App.Store. The SSJR IPCalc calculates the expiration date and corresponding maintenance fees and due dates for a U.S. utility patent based on the earliest effective filing date, application filing date, issue date, and term adjustment (if […]

SSJR successfully obtained transfer of the domain registration karlstorz.co in a UDRP domain name arbitration proceeding on behalf of its client Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG. (“Karl Storz”) The registrant argued against the transfer on the basis that it intended to make fair use of the domain to post stories about a […]

On May 25, 2010, SSJR won its client WhitServe LLC a jury verdict in US District Court in Connecticut stating that Computer Packages Inc willfully infringed four WhitServe patents. The jury awarded damages of $8,378,145 exclusive of prejudgment interest. The WhitServe patents willfully infringed by CPi include US patent Nos. 5,895,468; 6,049,801; 6,182,078; and […]