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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 […]

Firm member, Fritz L. Schweitzer III, won a UDRP domain arbitration proceeding ordering the transfer of paulmccartney.com, lindamccartney.com, and linda-mccartney.com to the artists. A challenge of the order in Federal District Court was dismissed with prejudice. Hammerton v. McCartney, et al, US DC MD FL 8:01-cv-00269-SM.

Firm member, Fritz L. Schweitzer III, won a UDRP domain arbitration proceeding ordering the transfer of the domain name villagepeople.org to the trademark owners.