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Semiconductor Industry
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The Legal Wire
President Trump reveals plans to levy 100% tariff on semiconductors, unless companies are building in the US
President Trump has announced that US will impose a 100% tariff on imports of semiconductors subject to an exemption that it will not apply to companies that are manufacturing in…
Patent Lawyer Blog
PTAB Hands Tied on National Security as Chinese Firm Targets Micron Patent
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) rejected Micron Technology’s arguments that national security and foreign policy concerns should prevent a Chinese memory manufacturer from…
Cleary IP and Technology Insights
Senate Bill Proposes Fast-Track Patent Examination for AI and Semiconductor Innovations
By Thomas Yeh, David Hlavka, Nathaniel (Nate) Reynolds, Clement Naples, Bert Reiser, S. Giri Pathmanaban, Gregory Sobolski
A bipartisian bill, the Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies Act (“Leadership in CET Act”), was recently introduced to Congress that proposes a USPTO initiative to accelerate review of patent…
Trade Compliance Resource Hub
Singapore targets businesses and individuals violating or circumventing other countries’ export controls on advanced semiconductor and AI technologies
By Calvin Chan, Bernard Yee (Resource Law LLC), Adrian Aw (Resource Law LLC), Evelyn Tan
On 4 April 2025, Singapore Customs and the Ministry of Trade and Industry issued a joint advisory on Singapore’s export controls relating to advanced semiconductor and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies…
SmarTrade
White House Releases List of Products Not Subject to Reciprocal Tariffs
By Scott E. Diamond**, David M. Schwartz, Dan Ujczo, Samir D. Varma, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Aaron C. Mandelbaum
On April 11, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum providing clarification of allowable exceptions under Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025 (i.e., implementation of reciprocal tariffs). The memorandum…
Global Policy Watch
Trump Administration Issues Executive Orders that Seek to Shape CHIPS Program and Promote Domestic Mineral Production
By Michael Wagner, Victoria Nuland, Gabe Neville, Daniel Raddenbach
President Trump recently issued two separate Executive Orders (EOs) that will have implications for how federal agencies seek to promote the administration’s goal of attracting domestic and foreign investment to…
Inside Government Contracts
Trump Administration Issues Executive Orders that Seek to Shape CHIPS Program and Promote Domestic Mineral Production
By Michael Wagner, Victoria Nuland, Gabe Neville, Daniel Raddenbach
President Trump recently issued two separate Executive Orders (EOs) that will have implications for how federal agencies seek to promote the administration’s goal of attracting domestic and foreign investment to…
China Law Insight
从出口管制到AI算力竞争实质（一）：写在特朗普2.0时期前夕的回顾与展望
By King & Wood
作者：楼仙英 杨恺盛 从特朗普第一届任期开始到拜登政府至今的8年时间里，我们见证了中美科技与贸易关系的历史性转变，特别是美国在出口管制方面针对中国半导体产业的频繁动作使得大家越来越清楚，半导体的出口管制是为了卡算力的脖子，而算力就是AI能力的基本保障。千行百业无一例外都需要AI赋能，最关键的两个生产要素就是AI模型和训练数据。可以预见未来美国出口管制政策会继续延续业已形成的趋势，而“再就业”的特朗普凭借其“特立独行”的执政风格也可能给中国的半导体产业带来新的“惊喜”。美国方面已经有提出要以全方位、体系性的加强监管取代以往“打地鼠”（指逐个出台法案）的方式，中国企业无论是在中国还是在全球开展的商业经营活动都将受到美国贸易管制的不同程度的影响。在这样的背景下，“知其然”不足以解决问题，必须要“知其所以然”。 阅读更多
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Job cuts at NIST imperil the CHIPS Act which would affect US semiconductor reshoring plans!
By Peter Vogel
Computerworld.com reported that “Proposed cuts at a key US government agency will likely mean the demise of CHIPS Act funding, which could effectively end the program and undermine efforts to…
Trade Compliance Resource Hub
U.S. tightens controls on advanced computing chips and global AI diffusion
By Michael Lowell, Lizbeth Rodriguez-Johnson, Paula Salamoun, Justin Angotti, Kirsten Lowell, Courtney E. Fisher
On January 13, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released an interim final rule to revise U.S. export controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs) and add a new…