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A Notice of Allowance issued on January 27, 2010 in U.S. Patent Application 09/370619 filed August 7, 1999 for a Data Processing System For Providing An Efficient Market For Loans And Lines Of Credit. Three previous attorneys had prosecuted this case, but it was only after it was taken over […]

SSJR won a dismissal of a trademark opposition with prejudice filed against its client where the Opposer had moved to re-open discovery based on allegedly on-going settlement discussions. The Opposer had failed to take testimony during the discovery period or file a brief. On behalf of its client, SSJR opposed the motion citing […]

SSJR is pleased to announce that Andy I. Corea’s article Copyright Lessons from Family Guy: Add Insult to Injury to Support Your Fair Use Defense was published in the December 2009 edition of the Tennessee Bar Association Intellectual Property Section Newsletter. The article examines the application of the fair use defense […]

SSJR is pleased to announce the addition of Stephen F.W. Ball, Jr.

The District Court for the District of New Jersey has ruled in favor of Sandoz, Inc., denying Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s attempt to amend an ANDA Complaint to add new claims for commercial and willful infringement. After subsequent briefing and oral argument, the District Court affirmed a magistrate judge’s ruling that the additional claims […]