Appeals Court Shines Light On Solar Panel Protections

Kearsarge Walpole LLC v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Walpole involved a dispute over where a large-scale solar array could be placed in Walpole, Massachusetts. In Kearsarge, a solar developer (Kearsarge), along with Norfolk County Agricultural High School (Norfolk Aggie), and Norfolk County, entered into an agreement to construct a solar facility on the Norfolk Aggie campus, which is located in Walpole’s rural residential zoning district.

Kearsarge applied to the Walpole building commissioner for a building […]

By | January 30th, 2025 ||

Pre-Grant Description Amendments In Europe – No Enlarged Board Of Appeal Referral

It is long-standing practice for examining divisions at the European Patent Office to require the description of a patent application to be amended into conformity with the allowable claims prior to grant.

However, in 2021, the patent office’s guidelines for examination were updated to make this requirement more stringent. The issue of description amendment has been a hot topic ever since.

This is because of applicants’ and attorneys’ general aversion to substantial amendment to the description […]

By | January 27th, 2025 ||

Mass. Appeals Court Clarifies Chapter 93A Violations In Landlord-Tenant Dispute

The Appeals Court of Massachusetts recently took up another summary process action concerning landlord-tenant rights and Chapter 93A violations in Hayastan Indus., Inc. v. Guz. In a summary decision1, the court affirmed a liability finding against a landlord for Chapter 93A violations under several distinct theories.

Plaintiff, a corporate entity, purchased a manufactured home and the lot it resided on from the bank after defendants defaulted on their loan. Plaintiff then brought a summary process action in the Housing […]

By | January 22nd, 2025 ||