Complex Discovery

JUNE 26, 2025

This isn’t just for litigation or investigations. Sarlo recounted the use of AI to summarize construction site photos and flag OSHA violations—an application that would have been impractical with human reviewers alone. It’s an imperative for every business,” he said.

Discovery

Complex Discovery

JUNE 25, 2025

The structural limitations of the dome meant creative engineering: the arena roof was built on the ground and lifted into place, with the arena itself constructed beneath. Workshops and keynotes will focus on tangible strategies to integrate emerging technologies, from document automation to AI-driven litigation analytics.

Government and Public Sector

IP Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2025

Following claim construction, the district court found that the payment handler terms in the claims were indefinite, and specifically that the asserted claims were means-plus-function terms that failed to disclose adequate corresponding structure. that certain claims of Fintiv, Inc.s Fintiv sued PayPal for infringement of its U.S.

Construction

Complex Discovery

JULY 21, 2025

Whether conducting risk assessments, validating vendor claims, or ensuring defensibility in litigation, recognizing the type of bias at play is foundational to effective governance. One of the more constructive types of bias, referred to as positive-tendency bias, is an inherent part of how AI systems operate.

Technology

Planet Depos

JULY 2, 2025

Multi-party, MDL, IP, big pharma, construction defect, you name it, these are the high-stake cases demanding top talent and experience. These litigation giants require coordinating multiple calendars, managing a massive number of exhibits, and sometimes traveling thousands of miles for international depositions.

Case Management

Complex Discovery

JULY 28, 2025

As AI systems grow more powerful, that question is becoming central to innovation strategy—and litigation. Companies such as Disney and Universal have been relentless in their litigations against AI platforms like Midjourney, which they accuse of employing unlicensed media.

Government and Public Sector

Practice of Law

JUNE 18, 2025

Whether a multi-billion-dollar drilling or construction project would be halted by ESA-protection approval isn't a determining factor. If you're wondering who would object to an endangered species getting protections, it's important to note that economic factors are explicitly not part of the consideration process.

Construction

IP Watchdog

JANUARY 29, 2025

Absent such construction, the accused product would not have infringed. Because the proposed generic drug accused of infringement was a complex of bonded valsartan and sacubitril, the patentee Novartis needed to urge and had successfully urged that combination be construed to include both bonded complexes and non-bonded (i.e.

Construction

IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 18, 2024

On October 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a ruling in CAO Lighting, Inc. Feit Electric Co., vacating a summary judgment entered by the Central District of California that found Feit Electric did not infringe semiconductor light source patent claims asserted by CAO Lighting.

Construction

Practice of Law

JULY 14, 2025

Almost all forms of asbestos have been banned for use in construction. It was particularly embraced by the construction industry and became ubiquitous in buildings ranging from homes to factories. Inhaling asbestos fibers causes mesothelioma, a deadly and painful cancer that attacks the body's organ linings (the mesothelium).

Construction

Practice of Law

JUNE 24, 2025

About 80% of the company's products are constructed using a proprietary substance called Croslite. In a motion for dismissal and to strike filed in April 2025, Crocs challenged the assertion that their Croslite-constructed shoes have an abnormal shrinkage problem. They stated that approximately 0.1%

Burden Of Proof

IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential decision affirming a district court’s finding that NextStep, Inc. failed to prove that Comcast Cable Communications infringed its patents.

Expert Testimony

IP Watchdog

JANUARY 15, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday, January 14, issued a split decision reversing a district courts grant of summary judgement of non-infringement in a case involving a patent for a multi-stage tub meant for bathing infants and toddlers. Judge Stark authored the majority opinion and Judge Chen dissented-in-part.

Construction

Civil Litigation Brief

JUNE 15, 2025

Here we are looking at a Court of Appeal decision about the drafting and construction of court orders. The order made in this case was totally deficient, consequently it could not be enforced. Absolute precision is demanded here.) ".

Construction

E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 1, 2025

Pattison seeks to transform an after-the-fact cover letter – excluded from evidence as hearsay – into a condition precedent to contract formation.

Discovery

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.

Construction

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.

Construction

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.”.

Construction

IP Watchdog

JANUARY 16, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Friday ruled that a California district court erred in its claim construction relating to Evolusion Concepts, Inc.’s s patent for a method of converting a semi-automatic rifle with a detachable magazine to one with a fixed magazine.

Construction

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).

Construction

IP Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2023

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

Construction

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.”.

Construction

Expert Witness Blog

JUNE 1, 2025

2019), the role of a Construction Safety Expert Witness was central to litigation involving a serious workplace injury on a construction site. The appellate decision focused on the procedural rules governing expert witness designations and had important implications for construction safety litigation in California.

Construction

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The road construction firm that employed six workers who were killed and another who was seriously injured in the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge, along with its workers’ compensation carrier, have filed claims against the owner and operator of the …

Litigation

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.

Construction

Insurance Journal

JULY 26, 2024

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Proponents of a nearly $3 billion project to restore part of southeast Louisiana’s rapidly vanishing coastline released a study Tuesday touting the expected economic benefits of its construction, even as the project faces pushback and litigation …

Construction

IP Watchdog

MAY 19, 2025

The CAFC found that, under the district courts broad construction of the term widget, Fintiv, Inc. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Friday, May 16, reversed a district courts decision granting summary judgment of non-infringement for Apple.

Construction

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.

Construction

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.

Construction

IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A Texas-based patent enforcement firm seeks an experienced patent litigator. The ideal candidate would have experience managing patent enforcement cases, including routine motion practice, claim construction, discovery, pretrial preparation, trial, and appeal. for qualified candidates.

Litigation

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.,

Construction

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.

Construction

Insurance Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

A new report identifying commercial litigation waves likely to pick up steam in 2025 highlights one particular theme that could further lengthen the tail of general liability claims for insurers writing policies for contractors and builders. The 2025 “Commercial Litigation …

Construction

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.

Expert Testimony

Complex Discovery

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Editors Note: The construction industry faces unique and evolving eDiscovery challenges, from managing vast data volumes to safeguarding sensitive communications and project plans. HaystackIDs webcast will provide construction attorneys with a practical blueprint for leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline eDiscovery processes.

Construction

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.

Construction

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.

Construction