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Compelling Rationale for Producing Proprietary Products in U.S. Found in USTR’s Special 301 Report on IP Protection and Enforcement Abroad (Part I)

While the current Trump Administration has based its global trade war on trade imbalances stemming from unfair trade practices of foreign countries, its weapon of choice—increased tariffs—is designed to encourage businesses to relocate manufacturing operations to the U.S., thereby boosting American employment and industrial capacity. The U.S. Trade Representative’s 2025 Special 301 Report, issued on … Continue Reading

The Sky Is Not Falling for the ITC in a Post-Loper World

Mandatory deference to an agency’s rulemaking may be gone, and numerous commentators fear that the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo will drastically alter the legal landscape surrounding agency decisions. But that does not mean that every agency or agency decision is in peril. We explore here the implications of the Loper … Continue Reading

You’ve Been Served! – ITC Allows Service Through Respondents’ Amazon.com Seller Profile Pages

One advantage of filing a patent infringement complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) instead of in U.S. District Court is that a Complainant does not need to use the Hague Service Convention process or other treaty to serve the complaint on foreign entities. As explained here, recent ITC decisions expand the methods through … Continue Reading

Senator Cornyn Considers Expansion of ITC’s Authority under Section 337

Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. § 1337 (“Section 337”), gives the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) broad powers to investigate and address unfair acts and unfair competition in the importation of articles into the United States. Most Section 337 investigations address issues of infringement of statutory intellectual property such as … Continue Reading
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