Patently O

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Again, the Federal Circuit upheld the Board’s construction as entirely consistent with the adaptive alarm thresholds described in the claims. Masimo also challenged the Board’s interpretation of “predetermined” in certain claims as referring to a predetermined formulaic calculation rather than a fixed value.

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Patently O

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Both cases grapple with claim construction and the tension between construing claims broadly versus importing limitations from the specification. Although the disclosed embodiments all focused on GSM/UMTS networks, the claims were drafted broadly without a clear disclaimer or redefinition. Sierra Wireless.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2019

This draft order would adopt the FCC’s proposal advanced last year (see our article here ) to abolish the filing of the FCC Form 397 Mid-Term EEO Report , as that form is no longer necessary as the information gathered by the form is now largely available in every broadcasters online public file – which the FCC can review at any time.

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Gravel2Gavel

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

By Pillsbury's Construction & Real Estate Law Team. The trio provide a general overview of the pre-foreclosure process, outline important considerations when drafting a foreclosure complaint, offer guidance on the steps that go into obtaining a judgement of foreclosure and sale, and flag some a variety of important post-sale issues.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The FCC issued a Public Notice to remind potential applicants of the upcoming filing window for applications for construction permits for new noncommercial educational FM stations. Applications will only be accepted for construction permits in the FM reserved band (channels 201-220, 88.1 through and including 91.9).

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2011

The question of the environmental impact of the construction or significant alteration of a communications tower has been a matter of controversy for quite some time. This week, the FCC sought comments on their Draft Environmental Notice Requirements and Interim Procedures for its Antenna Registration Program.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Last week, the FCC released a draft of an order to simplify the proofing of AM stations. The rule changes in the proposed order address AM antenna proofs of performance – principally proofs that are conducted after a station has been initially constructed and licensed. This order will be considered at the FCC’s September 26 meeting.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Keep it Simple As paralegals, we like to flex our drafting muscles every once in a while. Receive Constructive Criticism for Your Paralegal Writing Well Out of all the tips listed, this is probably the hardest to do consistently. Simply clicking a button does not have the same effect. Here are 5 Tips to Improve Proofreading.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 28, 2022

Dobbs is also the only example of a case where a complete draft of the majority opinion was leaked prior to the publication of the final draft. Politico’s release of an early draft of the opinion in Dobbs sent a whirlwind across the nation. The long lapse between Feb. Dobbs opinion vs. Dobbs leak. Click to enlarge.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2022

On October 6, the FCC released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if adopted, would propose a number of steps designed to strengthen the security of the Emergency Alert System (“EAS”) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (“WEA”). The draft NPRM is slated for consideration at the FCC’s October 27, 2022 regular monthly open meeting.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 14, 2023

As we have noted on our Blog, including in recent weekly summaries, once a station is constructed pursuant to a construction permit, the permittee must file a “license to cover” informing the FCC of the details of the completed construction (see our articles here , here , and here ).

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 5, 2011

The FCC has released the comment dates for its draft rules setting out when Environmental Assessments are needed to formally evaluate the environmental impact of the construction and major alteration of communications towers. Comments on the Commission's Draft rules are due on May 5.

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Patently O

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The functional format also simplifies claim drafting for complex inventions and supports filing patents amidst technological uncertainty before landing on a final design. Williamson established the absence of the term “means” no longer creates a strong presumption against applying MPF construction. Citrix Online , LLC, 792 F.3d

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 26, 2022

The FCC has released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if adopted at the FCC’s July 14, 2022 regular monthly open meeting, would seek comment on whether to update its rules to identify a new publication for determining a television station’s designated market area (“DMA”) for satellite and cable carriage purposes.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The decision announces tentative winners in each of these groups, whose applications will now be subject to “petitions to deny” and other objections before the award of their construction permit is finalized.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 24, 2024

laws applicable to the cross-border shipping and sequestration of carbon dioxide, and analyzes the legal consequences of the construction of a pier (or jetty) to enable the receipt of carbon dioxide shipped from overseas. Third, the report provides a detailed analysis of the domestic U.S. admiralty and maritime jurisdiction.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 11, 2021

All permittees and licensees with a July 13, 2021 expiration date on their digital construction permits must complete construction of their new facilities by that date or their license or permit will be automatically cancelled unless they have received an extension from the FCC giving them more time to construct these digital facilities.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 13, 2023

The same with when I went from doing antitrust to construction litigation. If you’ve read our blog before or listened to some of the podcast episodes , you may remember the story of the construction litigation paralegal who went from in-house paralegal to the executive vice president of the company.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 29, 2023

This week, the FCC released a draft of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order stemming from the Inquiry to be considered at that May 18 meeting. The FCC’s draft would formally propose and seek comment on rules that would authorize mobile broadband and other expanded uses in some or all of the 550 MHz of spectrum in the 12.7

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Patently O

MARCH 22, 2024

Although not clear if this will be enforced, it may become more of a requirement for examiners to provide a claim construction section in their office action rejections. This notifies the applicant and public of the examiner’s claim construction and how it impacted the prior art search and application.

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LawSites

MARCH 30, 2023

BlackBoiler , a company whose AI-driven contract review software automatically reviews and redlines contract drafts using Microsoft Word’s Track Changes, is today releasing a new feature, ContextAI, that enhances the markup by showing the user the reason for every redline. The way it works is simple. Canada, and Europe.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 1, 2022

The FCC released a draft Order that, if adopted, would allow FM and LPFM broadcasters using directional antennas to use computer modeling to verify the antennas’ directional patterns. Watch for a vote on this item at the FCC’s May 22 Open Meeting. ( Draft Order ). FEMA is planning for the next test to occur in the early part of 2023.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 8, 2022

For instance, commercial litigation paralegals can benefit from CLEs explaining the methods of determining the appropriate type of business organization or drafting contracts.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 22, 2022

The FCC issued a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to be considered at its required monthly open meeting on June 8 that asks for public comment on its proposal to authorize LPTV stations operating on TV channel 6 to continue to provide an analog audio stream that can be received on FM radios at 87.7.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 19, 2019

The changes proposed are set out in our article summarizing the FCC’s NPRM when the draft was first released. They would affect everything from requirements for the governing documents of applicants for new stations to holding periods for new stations to the length of LPFM construction permits.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Both of these electronic templates were free to use and offered: automatic construction and auto-filling content; content and structure that is complementary to CDRH internal review templates; integration with FDA databases and guidance documents; and automatic verification. Draft Guidance at 8.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 11, 2020

While a world free of lawyers will most likely never come to fruition (to many parties’ chagrin), new technology in the form of smart contracts is changing how legal matters are drafted. Legal departments drafting contracts need to consider details like this in advance. Creating Logic Parameters.

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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.” She sounds desperate!”. “Oh Oh man, I’ve gotta go!”. As nice as that would be.

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LawSites

APRIL 6, 2022

Founded in 1997, Utah-based WealthCounsel provides software and templates for drafting estate planning and business documents. Whether you’re a family lawyer in Massachusetts or California or England, when you get LEAP, you will get a family law matter that has been carefully constructed for you,” Hugo-Hamman said. For just the U.S.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Online course and coaching program that gives you proven methods to increase your billable hours, draft better time entries, and be more productive. Her areas of expertise included multi-district litigation such as the Dalkon Shield, L-Tryptophan, and Breast Implant cases, as well as in construction law. Billable Hour Boot Camp.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2021

The state made a showing that conditions unique to Alaska make it extremely challenging to construct digital facilities and that people would lose over-the-air broadcast TV if the state did not receive an extension. Read the draft notice to see if any of the proposals affect your operations. ( Draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ).

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 15, 2022

Advocates quickly dove into the details of sentence construction. Sherry’s statutory construction argument drew a friendly amendment from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who suggested that the noun “determination” was the antecedent for “such matter,” rather than the verb “petition” which the briefing had emphasized.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 24, 2023

Paralegals play an indispensable role in the legal process, handling things such as document review and analysis, legal research, drafting pleadings, and managing case files. From drafting correspondence to creating legal documents, the ability to communicate clearly and concisely is a must. GET ACCESS 6.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In general, the Federal Circuit sees definiteness as an extension of claim construction — and thus is for the judge to decide. If you wanted to draft a claim regarding the shape of the head disclosed in Figure 1 — using only the disclosure from Figure 1 — could you do it? = = = =. ” Nautilus, Inc. 898 (2014).

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

In May 2016, FDA released a draft guidance document titled “Technical Considerations for Additive Manufactured Devices” (see our blog post on the draft guidance here ), which was finalized in 2018 (see our blog post on the final guidance here ). use in education, construction, art, and jewelry).

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Patently O

JUNE 30, 2021

Although reduction-to-practice is a required element of invention, the Courts and Patent Office have long permitted the filing of a patent application to constructively satisfy the RTP requirement. Many patent applications are not fully reduced-to-practice by the time the patent application is filed. ” Notice.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

On Thursday, the FCC took a step to make that repacking somewhat more concrete – releasing a Public Notice where the FCC’s Media Bureau seeks comment on a draft TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund Reimbursement Form (the draft form is here , and draft instructions to the form can be found here ).

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