Almost a year to the day after the Build America Buy America Act (BABA) became law, the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has published its “Final Guidance for Grants and Agreements” intended to implement BABA’s...more
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently issued a proposed amendment to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) that tightens “Buy American” thresholds for DoD procurements....more
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Proposed Rule and Notification of Proposed Guidance to federal agencies earlier this year regarding the implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act...more
4/12/2023
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Many U.S. enterprises and U.S. real estate holdings have some degree of foreign ownership. Federal law requires the filing of detailed reports on foreign ownership every five years by U.S. enterprises “in which a foreign...more
Please join Russell Randle, Karl Means and Tara Hopkins of Miles & Stockbridge for a timely breakfast briefing on the Russian export controls and sanctions.
The United States sanctions and export control response to the...more
Highlights -
..This Miles & Stockbridge alert provides a summary of the latest sanctions and developments regarding the ongoing situation in Ukraine.
..In response to Russia’s continued war operations and military...more
3/4/2022
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On February 24th, as part of the broader response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - the White House announced strict export controls as part of the Biden Administration’s strategy to “squeeze Russia’s access to finance and...more
2/28/2022
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Maximizing the use of goods, products, and materials produced in the United States under the Buy American Act (BAA) is a bipartisan issue. In our previous post, “Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of...more
On January 25, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers. The order is part of his “Build Back Better Recovery Plan” to strengthen American...more
1/28/2021
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Trade Agreements Act ,
Transparency
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) just issued a warning to be on the alert for “fraudulent emails that appear to originate from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) domain,...more
In a decision some believe may generate more trademark infringement litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that a trademark owner does not have to prove a defendant acted willfully to receive a profits remedy in...more
5/12/2020
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Effective immediately, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is amending the CBP regulations to permit importers to temporarily postpone the deposit of certain estimated duties, taxes and fees. Ordinarily, those estimated...more
On September 17, the President directed the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) to impose additional tariffs on importers of Chinese goods. The official statement is available here. ...more
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) has published the procedures for an importer to request an exclusion from the first round of increased tariffs on Chinese goods, available here. See 83 Fed. Reg....more
As instructed by President Trump, the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) has just ordered a 25% ad valorem (according to the value of the article) tariff increase on hundreds of products coming from China. It is an increase,...more
For a U.S. person or business that sold to, or bought from, a foreign business or person $500 or more in certain services or intellectual property (“IP”) during the U.S. entity’s fiscal year ending in 2017, June 29, 2018 is...more
For a U.S. business enterprise that has or recently had 10% foreign ownership, May 31, 2018 is an important filing date. That Thursday is the general reporting deadline for submitting to the U.S. Department of Commerce,...more
Online service providers have until December 31, 2017, to re-register a designated agent with the Copyright Office if they want to remain eligible for protection from copyright infringement liability under the Digital...more
Part 1 of this blog discussed the advantages of a proactive and integrated IP protection strategy. Here, in Part 2, we address the benefits and weaknesses of the various IP protections and provide one example of a cohesive...more
In today’s world of rapidly changing products, as well as what seems to be an ever increasing number of ways to produce counterfeit and/or infringing products, manufacturers need to be proactive in preventing and stopping...more