Topic
Manufacturing
252 published works
PTAB Litigation Blog
Director Sets Forth Institution Factors for Small Businesses and American Manufacturers
Visit Jones Day's PTAB Litigation blog at www.ptablitigationblog.com. By David Linden and Dave Maiorana – Recently, the Director issued a memorandum identifying inter partes review (“IPR”) and post grant review…
China Law Blog
The Hong Kong Intermediary Trap: Do Not Bind the Wrong China Company
By Dan Harris
The Hong Kong Intermediary Trap: Do Not Contract with the Wrong China Company Foreign buyers like dealing with Hong Kong intermediaries. The emails are clear, the invoices look familiar, the…
China Law Insight
China’s Food Contract Manufacturing Sector Enters New Regulatory Era
By King & Wood
Authored by: Huang Ling , Chen Bing , Wang Xinghua (Owen) , Xu Jiaxing (Jason) , Liu Ning and Fang Wei On December 29, 2025, China's State Administration for Market…
Faeger Drinker on Products
In Case You Missed It: Faegre Drinker on Products — Winter 2026
Catch up on the latest developments of interest for product manufacturers. Here’s a quarterly compilation of the most popular blog posts on Faegre Drinker on Products. Instruction Malfunction: Pennsylvania Superior…
Regulatory Oversight
FTC ‘Made in USA’ Sweep Ahead of America’s 250th Anniversary
By Clayton Friedman, Michael Yaghi, Namrata Kang
The FTC has announced a “Made in the USA” enforcement sweep, bringing three federal actions and issuing two closing letters, following its July 2025 warning letters to companies about “Made…
China Law Blog
Moving Production to Mexico: What U.S. Companies Get Wrong
By Dan Harris
Moving Production to Mexico: What U.S. Companies Get Wrong For decades, U.S. companies seeking lower-cost manufacturing went to China. Now many of those same companies are turning to Mexico. Mexico…
SCC Blog
Storing medicines in refrigerator is not ‘manufacturing process’ under Factories Act: Bombay HC
By Sunaina
Bombay High Court: In an appeal revolving around whether the use of refrigerator for storage of medicines amounts to manufacturing process, a Single Judge Bench of Jitendra Jain, J., while…
China Law Blog
Finding Your China Substitute: Cambodia vs. Guatemala for Manufacturing:
By Dan Harris
Cambodia vs. Guatemala for Manufacturing For U.S. companies making labor-intensive products and looking to exit China, Cambodia and Guatemala come up repeatedly as lower-cost alternatives. I am bullish on Guatemala,…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
NIST taking a lead in AI in Manufacturing and Critical Infrastructure!
By Peter Vogel
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced “…its collaboration with the nonprofit MITRE Corporation as part of its efforts to ensure U.S. leadership in…
Banking, Finance and Securities
FCA publishes statement on firms working together to manufacture products or services
By Charlotte Carnegie, Simon Lovegrove (UK)
On 8 December 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a statement on Consumer Duty expectations for firms working together to manufacture products or services. Background In September 2025, the FCA…