WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is exploring legal options to cancel loans issued under a US$400bil programme to finance clean energy technology as it considers overhauling the initiative, according to a person familiar with the matter. The newly installed director of the Energy Department’s loan programme, John Sneed, told agency officials in a meeting last week
In a precedential decision issued on August 13, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a first-filed, first-issued, later-expiring claim cannot be invalidated by a later-filed, later-issued, earlier-expiring reference claim having a common priority date.1 Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) is a judicially created doctrine dating back to
In June, I attended an ESG conference along with a hundred bankers. During the event, the bankers answered a digital poll with two questions that revealed what I believe is the biggest obstacle for cleantech investing and the energy transition. The first question: What is currently your preferred investment term? Almost 75% of the bankers