International Trade Bulletin - Volume 1, Issue 11
Client Alert | 1 min read | 08.11.06
Inside this issue:
- MULTILATERAL TRADE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- EUROPE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- WTO: USTR Does Not Have Authority To Instruct the U.S. Department of Commerce To Implement Measures To Comply With An Adverse WTO Dispute Settlement Report
- ANTI-DUMPING: The U.S. Department of Commerce's policy of “zeroing” in antidumping duty investigations and administrative reviews has come under repeated fire from U.S. trading partners
- CHINA: China Postpones Higher Tariffs on Imported Auto Parts To Address Potential WTO Case
- CHINA: U.S. Commerce Department Invites Comments on Its Controversial China Export Proposal
- SANCTIONS: U.S. Congress Approves Legislation Regarding Economic Sanctions Against Burma and Iran
- EXPORT CONTROLS: U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) Actively Enforcing Deemed Exports
- CROWELL & MORING NEWS: Crowell & Moring Trade Team completes Report for the European Commission on the tools that should be made available to implement the upcoming revised EU Market Access Strategy
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Design patents offer protection for the ornamental appearance of a product, focusing on aspects like its shape and surface decoration, as opposed to the functional aspects protected by utility patents. The scope of a design patent is defined by the drawings and any descriptive language within the patent itself. Recent decisions by the Federal Circuit emphasize the need for clarity in the prosecution history of a design patent in order to preserve desired scope to preserve intentional narrowing (and to avoid unintentional sacrifice of desired claim scope).
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DOJ Announces Major Enforcement Actions Targeting North Korean Remote IT Worker Schemes
