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Star Scientific falls as settlement disclosed

Shares of Star Scientific fell 6 percent on Tuesday as investors likely viewed a $5 million payout in a patent dispute settlement as smaller than anticipated.
AP - Associated Press
added Oct 23, 2012 20:16
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Star Scientific: No Mention of Big Cash Payment in RJR Earnings Report (Update)

Update: Reynolds American's 10-Q confirms a $5 million payment to Star Scientific as part of the patent litigation settlement:
thestreet.com
added Oct 23, 2012 18:08
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Challenges to Australia’s tobacco plain packaging legislation – round 1 to the Australian Government

This note examines the High Court’s decision and the implications for the investor state arbitration claim. Expropriation of intellectual property rights – the High Court’s decision
Herbert Smith Freehills
added Oct 19, 2012 02:40
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Star Scientific Silent on Tobacco Patent Settlement

Star Scientific (STSI) remains mum on the financial terms of a Sept. 24 settlement with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in their long-fought patent infringement case.
thestreet.com
added Oct 6, 2012 15:09
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[Australia] Govt not acquiring big tobacco's brands

THE High Court backed the federal government's world-first plain-packaging legislation earlier this year because it involved regulating, not acquiring, big tobacco's brands and logos.
AAP (Australian Associated Press) (au)
added Oct 6, 2012 05:21
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Australia tobacco law did not infringe rights - court

Australia did not infringe tobacco companies' intellectual property rights by forcing them to sell cigarettes in plain packets, Australia's highest court said on Friday, killing off any domestic challenge to the plain-packet ruling.
Reuters
added Oct 5, 2012 12:24
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[Australia] International - Investors spooked by plain packaging, but hope remains

Plain packaging could also reduce consumer incentives to purchase legal products, as smokers may be less attracted to genuine brands that are indistinguishable from cheaper counterfeits
World Trademark Review (uk)
added Oct 5, 2012 12:22
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Star Scientific’s Settlement with R. J. Reynolds Leaves Star Free to Enforce Tobacco Curing Patents

The settlement leaves in place a federal appeals court decision that Star’s patents are not invalid and so removes a potential cloud over the validity of the patents. Star thus can now seek to enforce the patent against other tobacco manufacturers whom it
Tobacco Law blog— Troutman Sanders LLP
added Oct 3, 2012 21:00
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Star Scientific, Reynolds End Patent Suit, Filing Shows

Star Scientific Inc. (STSI) and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. said they have settled their patent- infringement dispute over a way to reduce carcinogens in cigarettes. Financial terms weren’t disclosed in documents filed today in federal court in Greenbelt
Bloomberg News
added Sep 25, 2012 12:00
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Aradigm Patent Protection for Smoking Cessation is Extended with Issuance of a Method of Treatment Patent

the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued an important method of treatment patent (U.S. Patent No. 8,256,433) covering Systems and Methods for Effecting Cessation of Tobacco Use. The Company expects that the patent will provide exclusivity
Business Wire
added Sep 5, 2012 16:30
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