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European Commission Announces Simplifications to the Implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation

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The updated guidance includes simplification measures allowing due diligence statements’ reuse, annual submission, and management by authorised representatives on behalf of companies....more

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USPTO Implements Interim Procedures Bifurcating Decisions to Institute AIA Trials

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On March 26, 2025, Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Coke Morgan Stewart issued a memorandum (the Workload Memorandum) to all Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) of the Patent Trial and...more

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New York Court Strikes Down CDPAP Reimbursement Changes

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In a significant development for fiscal intermediaries (FIs) and the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), a New York Supreme Court Justice ruled on March 20, 2025, that the New York State Department of...more

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Patent Office Withdraws Previous Discretionary Denial Guidance for Post-Grant Proceedings

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On Friday afternoon, February 28, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a brief “bulletin” rescinding a memorandum issued by the former Director Kathy Vidal (“Vidal Memo”) providing guidance on...more

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Federal Circuit Significantly Broadens Qualifying Expenses for Economic Domestic Industry at the ITC

On March 5, the Federal Circuit held that sales, marketing, warehousing, quality control, or distribution expenditures may count as “employment of labor or capital” for purposes of satisfying the economic domestic industry...more

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Canadian Patent Office resumes granting of patents and is temporarily publishing list of pre-grant patents

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The Canadian Patent Office (CIPO) has advised that as of January 14, 2025, it had granted patents for which final fees were processed in the old system. CIPO has started to process applications where final fees were paid in...more

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Texas, Utah and Small Modular Reactor ("SMR") Developer Launch Lawsuit Alleging "Unlawful" Regulatory Regime

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Complaint filed United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas (Case No. 6:24-cv-00507) - KEY TAKEAWAYS - The States of Texas and Utah, together with private developer Last Energy, have sued to exempt certain...more

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SEMARNAT Announces the Environmental Electronic Platform and its Operation in Mexico

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Mexico’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales or SEMARNAT) published in the Federal Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación or DOF) on Jan. 8, 2025, the...more

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Agreement Facilitates Investments in Mexico Through the RUPI and Single Window for Investors

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The National Development Plan 2019-2024 was designed to promote private investment with a framework of legal certainty and transparency. Through the Decree of July 26, 2023, the Single Window for Investors and the Single...more

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Últimas novedades relevantes en sede de la ANLA en Colombia

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Culminando el año 2021, la Autoridad Nacional de Licencia Ambientales (ANLA) en Colombia introdujo algunas novedades y publicó varios documentos de interés en el mes de diciembre, los cuales resumimos a continuación. . . ...more

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