April 19, 2025
Fixed Assets

Westerly, DEM purchase former Water Wizz property on Winnapaug Pond

Westerly cleans up after back-to-back storms Recent storm damage in Westerly is still being cleaned up along Atlantic Ave and the Misquamicut coastline. The property housed a water park until 2019, but also contains approximately 6 acres of undeveloped salt marsh. The Department of Environmental Management and Town of Westerly spent over $3 million to

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Intangible Assets

Federal Circuit Provides Guidance on What Claims Can Properly Serve As Obviousness-Type Double Patenting References

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

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