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• Star Scientific, Inc. Announces Court Rulings on Summary Judgment Motions in Company's Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against RJ Reynolds 

Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: STSI) announced this afternoon that the presiding judge in the company's patent infringement lawsuit against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR), Honorable Alexander Williams, Jr., has issued final rulings on five of the six summary judgment motions that RJR had filed, and on Star Scientific's motion for summary judgment. The Court adopted the Reports and Recommendations (R&Rs) of the Special Master appointed in September 2003. The Special Master recommended that the Court deny each of the RJR summary judgment motions that had been submitted to him for review, and grant in part, and deny in part, Star's summary judgment motion on claim construction and definiteness. While the R&Rs, and the motions on which they are based, currently remain under seal, the Court's orders were not filed under seal. In today's orders, the Court adopted the Special Master's R&Rs without modification.

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