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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 […]

In early 2009, AstraZeneca filed for a preliminary injunction in New Jersey District Court to prevent SSJR client Apotex from launching its generic version of AstraZeneca’s Pulmicort Respules® product. During the hearing, an Apotex witness identified certain attorney communications as a reason for certain actions taken. AstraZeneca asserted this amounted to a […]

In early 2009, Astra Zeneca filed litigation in New Jersey District Court to prevent SSJR client Apotex from launching its generic version of AstraZeneca’s Pulmicort Respules® product. During discovery, AstraZeneca, a Swedish company, withheld numerous communications with in-house counsel on the grounds of attorney-client privilege. Recognizing that these communications should not have […]

SSJR was successful in opposing registration of the mark BILLBOARDYEARBOOK OF CHINA on behalf of its client Prometheus Global Media LLC, owner of the trademarks for BILLBOARD magazine. The Chinese Trademark Review and Appeal Board (“TRAB”) sustained the opposition in light of the Opposer’s prior rights to BILLBOARD in China. The TRAB agreed with Opposer’s arguments that the goods were sufficiently similar […]

The U.S. District Court in Connecticut has ordered Computer Packages Inc (“CPi”) to pay Whitserve $8.3M in damages for infringing WhitServe’s patents within 30 days or risk an injunction that would prevent CPi from operating its business. SSJR has represented WhitServe for a number of years, helping it obtain and successfully enforce […]