level and on appeal, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's interpretation of the statute designed to compensate patent holders for loss of patent term due to delays in processing applications. Successfully preserved Pfizer's market exclusivity for its blockbuster drug Viagra, defeating a challenge by Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., which was seeking FDA approval to sell a generic version of the drug. Served as lead patent counsel for Pfizer in a patent infringement lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceuticals in which Teva attempted to bring a generic version of Celebrex to market. Successful defense of Pfizer in Viagra product liability litigation over the past decade; obtaining a long line of summary judgment decisions against claims of various diseases and ailments. Represented Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, as agent to the senior secured lenders to yellow pages publisher Caribe Media, Inc., with respect to Caribe Media's debt-for-equity restructuring. Successfully represented Xerox Corporation in a federal civil jury trial in which plaintiff SCM alleged that Xerox abused its patent portfolio to create a monopoly of the plain paper copy industry. Literary history Kaye Scholer is a law firm with a strong literary tradition, reaching back to the firm's playwright co-founder Benjamin Kaye. His most successful plays include She Couldn't Say No, which premiered on Broadway in 1926 and was adapted for the screen in 1930 and 1940. Other plays written by Kaye include I Want My Wife (1930), The Curtain Rises (1933) and On Stage (1935). In addition, several Kaye Scholer lawyers have published successful novels. In 2005, Greenleaf Book Group Press published Two Men Before the Storm: Arba Crane's Recollection of Dred Scott And the Supreme Court Case That Started the Civil War, written by Kaye Scholer Partner Greg Wallance. The historical novel traces the series of events that led to the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott vs. Sandford. Wallance has also authored two nonfiction books, Papa's Game (1981) and America's Soul in the Balance: The Holocaust, FDR's State Department, and the Moral Disgrace of An American Aristocracy (2012). In fall 2012, Academy Chicago Publishers published Kaye Scholer Special Counsel Richard Smolev's debut novel, Offerings, which tells the story of the ambitious Kate Brewster, who is determined to be the first woman to run a Wall Street investment firm despite the many high-stakes obstacles that impede her progress. Smolev's second novel, the historical In Praise of Angels, was published in summer 2013. Noted alumni