Construction Related Topics 
Insurance Journal
JULY 8, 2025
A Blue Point, New York man has been sentenced to one year in prison and two years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of an investigation into a fatal construction accident, according to the U.S. Department …
IP Watchdog
JULY 1, 2025
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Federal Circuit found that the Board’s validity ruling was ultimately infected by an erroneous construction of the transitional phrase “consisting essentially of” in light of intrinsic evidence supporting a narrow interpretation for that disputed claim term.
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Insurance Journal
AUGUST 15, 2024
A home builder is not covered under the property damage coverage in its commercial liability policy for construction defects for which it was responsible. A three-judge panel of the Massachusetts Appeals Court has held for the first time that “construction …
Insurance Journal
JUNE 15, 2025
How do per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) impact the environmental liability market in construction, or do they? Do all contractors need environmental liability coverage? And if so, how can agents and brokers encourage them to purchase the cover? These are …
IP Watchdog
APRIL 6, 2022
district courts handling claim construction are to construe a patent’s independent claims in light of limitations included in dependent claims. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision in Littelfuse, Inc. Mersen USA EP Corp. clarifying how U.S.
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 5, 2022
The appellate court ruled that the district court’s construction of a contested limitation within claim 1 was supported by the patent’s specification. Smith’s patent covering a hot-water heater system was both infringed by Bradford White and not invalid.
IP Watchdog
APRIL 14, 2022
The CAFC held that the district court erred in its preliminary claim construction, particularly in determining that “detecting continuity and measuring continuity are mutually exclusive.”.
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