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MoFo Tech brings together legal insights and in-depth analyses on trends and complex issues shaping the global technology industry, covering fields such as blockchain and distributed ledger, cloud and SaaS technologies, driverless cars, drones, FinTech, computer hardware and software, the IoT, semiconductors, and telecommunications.

February 09, 2017 - Intellectual Property, Financings
Why Should Your Startup Care About Intellectual Property?
By: Timothy J. Harris
Intellectual property adds value to a startup by giving it the ability to: Exclude others from providing a particular product or service; Differentiate its product from legacy solutions and competition; Demonstrate its ability to innovate, making it an attractive investment or acquisition; Exploit its
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February 02, 2017 - Mergers + Acquisitions
Chinese Interest High Despite Uncertainty
How does China view the United States as an investment market under the new Administration? Despite United States withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and rumblings in Washington about tightening regulatory review on inbound investment and M&A from China, interest from China to invest/acquire
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January 14, 2017 - Blockchain, Intellectual Property
A Rush to Patent the Blockchain Is a Sign of the Technology’s Promise
“A potential patent war looms over the blockchain,” according to a January 2017 piece in The Economist. That fight over patent rights to aspects of blockchain technology is a sign of the blockchain’s potential, according to Morrison & Foerster intellectual property partner Colette Reiner
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January 01, 2017 - Regulatory
Cross-Border Information Sharing for Effective Services
By: Miriam H. Wugmeister
Navigating privacy laws is particularly challenging for multinational companies with affiliates in the European Economic Area (EEA) that share personal information with service providers outside the EEA. All EEA member countries impose restrictions on the sharing of personal information outside the EEA because their
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December 23, 2016 - Regulatory, Internet of Things
The Unblinking Eye: Employee Monitoring in the IoT Era
Privacy concerns raised by the Internet of Things (IoT) have focused mostly on the consumer, whose personal data is captured in a growing list of places. Less attention has been paid to the privacy of employees interacting with increasingly prevalent IoT in the workplace.
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November 03, 2016 - Regulatory, Telecommunications
The FCC “Opts-In” to Consumer Privacy with New Rules for Internet Service Providers
By: Julie O'Neill and Mary Race
On October 27, 2016, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules requiring internet service providers (ISPs) to give consumers more control over the use of their web browsing and other information by requiring ISPs to obtain opt-in consent to use customers’ web browsing history
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October 24, 2016 - Regulatory
Enforcement of DAA Principles Will Track New Technologies
By: Julie O'Neill
The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) is continuing to adapt and plans to enforce its self-regulatory principles for interest-based advertising technologies. Enforcement of its cross-device tracking principles will begin February 1, 2017. Cross-device tracking entails ascertaining via deterministic identifiers or inference when multiple devices are
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October 10, 2016 - Regulatory, Internet of Things
NTIA Announces New Multistakeholder Process for IOT Security Issues
By: Nathan D. Taylor
On September 19, 2016, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the initiation of a multistakeholder process on security upgradability and patching relating to the IOT. The first meeting about this process will occur on October 19,
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July 01, 2016 - Announcements
Welcome to the MoFo Tech Blog
MoFo Tech brings together legal insights and in-depth analyses on trends and complex issues shaping the global technology industry, covering fields such as blockchain and distributed ledger, cloud and SaaS technologies, driverless cars, drones, FinTech, computer hardware and software, the IoT, semiconductors, and telecommunications.
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