IP Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

The CAFC reversed the district court’s summary judgment decision because the district court erred in its construction of “input signal” and should have construed the term to mean “a signal having an audio or higher frequency.”. 6,219,730 (‘730 patent).

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 12, 2024

Boston police reported that a construction worker fell to his death while working on restoring Emerson College’s Cutler Majestic Theater on Friday, August 9. Police were called to the scene on Tremont Street at 12:45 pm. Photos showed scaffolding on …

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

AP) — Firefighters in Kentucky’s largest city rescued a construction worker on a demolition team who fell into a void Thursday and became trapped in rubble, requiring a tedious, hours-long operation to dig him out. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The rescue was …

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Department of Labor investigation has recovered $77,206 in back wages for five workers employed on a federally funded construction project after finding one subcontractor failed to pay prevailing wages and fringe benefits and another submitted falsified payroll records.

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency announced a $180,000 settlement with All Point Construction LLC in Allen Park, Michigan to resolve alleged violations of the federal lead renovation, repair and painting regulations. After receiving a complaint from a resident, EPA launched an …

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Construction 105

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Three families of immigrant construction workers killed when Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after it was hit by the cargo ship Dali plan to challenge the attempt by the ship owner and operator to limit their liability for the …

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 1, 2024

Federal safety investigators cited a construction company in the deadly collapse of an Idaho airport hangar, saying it exercised a “blatant disregard” for federal safety standards. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed nearly $200,000 in penalties for Big D …

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Construction 105

Insurance Journal

JULY 16, 2024

The families of two construction workers killed when an airport hangar in Idaho collapsed are suing several companies that were involved in the building process, alleging the businesses recklessly cut corners and used inappropriate materials for the build. The private …

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Construction 102

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 26, 2024

Matt Barber of PCF Construction offers a guide to two types of commercial construction insurance, and when each makes the most sense. In the world of construction, navigating … This post is part of a series sponsored by PCF Insurance Services.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2023

The court ultimately vacated the decisions and remanded to the PTAB to reconsider.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 27, 2021

While the CAFC agreed with the PTAB’s construction of one of the claims, which Qualcomm had challenged, it ultimately held that the Board violated Qualcomm’s procedural rights under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) for failing to provide the company “adequate notice of and opportunity to respond to its sua sponte claim construction.”.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 16, 2022

Construction involves a lot of moving parts. As a construction client, I don’t care that you’re building other houses and I certainly don’t want to hear about them as an excuse for a lack of progress on mine. We have had new project managers assigned mid-construction; new names just start showing up on emails. Following Up.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Price Forbes Taps BMS’s Morgan for Global Construction Team Price Forbes, the London-based broker, … This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Price Forbes and the MGA Altea Insurance. A summary of these new hires follows here.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 25, 2022

Major industries, like health care, construction, or transportation, have been discovered and covered by law firms. That’s largely because your knowledge of the law is an assumption — table stakes, as they say.

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 28, 2024

More than 100 people were arrested late last week in storm-ravaged Pinellas County, Florida, charged with looting homes and working as unlicensed contractors, two weeks after Hurricane Milton forced many residents to evacuate. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said that …

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2024

On appeal to the CAFC, CoolIT argued that the PTAB erred in construing one of the claim terms, “matingly engaged” and that even under the PTAB’s construction, the asserted prior art did not meet the matingly engaged limitation.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

A Massachusetts construction business owner was sentenced to 18 months in prison for an employment tax scheme and making a false statement at an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hearing about a worker’s death. According to court documents, Mauricio …

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

reversing a claim construction ruling and summary judgment of noninfringement issued by the Central District of California. On December 26, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision in K-fee System GmbH v. Nespresso USA, Inc.,

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

A More Constructive Way to Think About Retirement. And that is a far healthier and more constructive way to think about retirement. This can be disheartening — unless you replace the old status with a new one that keeps you engaged, stimulated and happy. The Spanish term for retirement is “jubilación,” or a cause for rejoicing.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 13, 2021

On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), with Chief Judge Moore writing for the court, vacated and remanded a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision, stating the PTAB erred in construing the claims of Magseis’ U.S. RE45,268 (’268 patent). Seabed Geosolutions (US) Inc. Magseis FF LLC.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

A construction industry captive insurer along with three construction contractors have filed a lawsuit alleging a massive New York fraud scheme involving staged workplace accidents and bogus workers’ compensation and personal injury lawsuits backed by complicit lawyers and medical providers.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The important point here is to be intentional and construct a plan to integrate these behaviors into your life and make them permanent. Taking time to get to know co-workers on a personal level does several constructive things. Perhaps it’s learning to compliment your significant other. Or exercising in the morning. Eating healthier.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2022

On March 16, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Marshall Division adopted the Report and Recommendation (R&R) of a magistrate judge and granted two motions of non-infringement for Simon Property Group L.P. Simon) and Blackhawk Network, Inc. Blackhawk). AlexSam, Inc.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 26, 2022

For example, if you are a construction lawyer, find a high-quality stock image of a construction site. The courthouse in your county. The skyline of the city where you live and practice. A scene that is relevant to your practice area. Or, if you practice maritime law, find a pleasing image of a seascape.).

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The CAFC held that it is proper to strike expert testimony that did not rely on the agreed upon claim construction adopted by the district court. Treehouse Avatar, LLC owns U.S.

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Valdosta Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Constructive possession is how the state brings charges when drugs are found in the environment, not on a person. What constitutes constructive possession? For prosecutors to bring drug possession charges against someone based on a belief of constructive possession, the situation typically needs to meet two standards.

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 6, 2024

The Department of Labor said it has obtained a federal court order that requires two New Jersey construction companies and their owners and managers to pay $600,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 131 former employees after a federal …

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2023

Based on two of the district court’s claim constructions, the parties entered into a stipulation of non-infringement; however, AlterWAN appealed the case and contested the district court’s construction of two terms relevant to the patent claims.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 15, 2022

and that the claim construction performed by the district court was improper. The district court held that it lacked personal jurisdiction over L’Oréal S.A. and that the patents were invalid based on indefiniteness.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 18, 2022

The CAFC, with Chief Judge Moore writing, said the district court’s ruling was based on an erroneous claim construction. District Court for the District of Delaware, which had granted judgment of non-infringement for Ford Motor Company on three patents owned by Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (EBS).

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Insurance Journal

JULY 26, 2024

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — At the start of every work day, construction worker Charles Smith puts on the essentials: hard hat. Safety glasses. A reflective vest. And a small, watch-like band for his wrist. But rather than track time, its …

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 9, 2022

Most lawyers are smart enough to know that, in this scenario, there is no magical construction of words that will spark a response like, “Sure, walk with me to my office and I’ll give you a contract to draft.” “Is she looking for a new job?”. “Is Is her law practice on the skids? She sounds desperate!”. “Oh Oh man, I’ve gotta go!”.

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Construction 304

Expert Witness Blog

MAY 15, 2024

Summary: Construction Expert Witness testimony excluded because the court ruled that the expert cannot state that the Chinese drywall caused the plaintiffs’ injuries Facts: This case ( Fozard et al v. In order to prove their case, the plaintiffs hired Construction Expert Witness Howard Ehrsam to provide expert witness testimony.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze concluded on Wednesday that a “culmination of decades of failure” by the government and the construction industry ultimately led to the disaster that killed 72 people. The report detailed …

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s (CAFC’s) “construction of petitioner’s patent claim was unforeseeable and unjustifiable under the circuit’s prior decisions,” thereby constituting a judicial taking of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In so holding, the Federal Circuit upheld the PTAB’s use of claim construction conflicting with parallel proceedings in the Western District of Texas on the grounds that the patentee defined the term “storage element” as a lexicographer.

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 19, 2024

Dan McKee announced Friday that the state has filed a lawsuit against 13 companies that provided design, construction and inspection services related to the troubled Washington Bridge. Rhode Island Gov. The bridge was partially shut down over safety concerns in …

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