International Trade Bulletin - Volume 1, Issue 3
Client Alert | 1 min read | 04.18.06
Inside this issue:
- EUROPE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- CUSTOMS: Origin rules create risks as well as opportunities
- AVIATION: Huge fines in QRS-11 sensor cases underscore importance of properly classifying exports
- EXPORT CONTROLS: The U.S. continues to assert jurisdiction over re-exports of U.S.-made content in non-U.S. made components
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Revised International Trademark Law Treaty Adopted
- CHINA: Recent Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement-related Developments in China
- BILATERAL TRADE: American investors conducting business in Uruguay may soon have an additional source of protection for their foreign investments
- SANCTIONS: Cuban embargo enforcement lands Sheraton in violation of Mexican Law
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Director Squires Revamps the Workings of the U.S. Patent Office
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Federal Court Strikes Down Interior Order Suspending Wind Energy Development
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SBA Office of General Counsel Audit of Participants in the 8(a) Program and Beyond
