Now more than ever, technology is influencing the way we do business, communicate, move through and around the world, access and manage our homes, receive and administer healthcare, make purchases, secure information, and protect our most valuable property. Morrison Foerster keeps pace with this rapidly evolving landscape across our internationally recognized corporate, finance, intellectual property, and litigation practices. MoFo Tech brings together our insights relating to fields such as blockchain and distributed ledger, cloud and as-a-service technologies, driverless cars, drones, fintech, computer hardware and software, the Internet of Things, semiconductors, and telecommunications. The MoFo Tech blog offers real-time, in-depth analyses of the trends and complex issues shaping the global technology industry.<h2>ABOUT MORRISON FOERSTER</h2>Morrison Foerster is a leading global law firm that transforms complexity into advantage for its clients. Our clients include some of the largest financial institutions, banks, consulting and accounting firms, and Fortune 100, technology, and life sciences companies. Highlighting the firm’s commitment to client service, leadership in market-changing deals and impact litigation, and values-based culture, Morrison Foerster has been repeatedly recognized as one of the top 10 firms on The American Lawyer’s A-List. Year after year, the firm receives significant recognition from Chambers and The Legal 500 across their various guides, including Global, USA, Asia‑Pacific, Europe, UK, Latin America, and FinTech Legal. Our lawyers passionately care about delivering legal excellence while living our values. Morrison Foerster has a long-standing commitment to creating a culture that respects and celebrates differences, while providing an inclusive environment. The firm has achieved Mansfield Certification Plus since 2018 as a result of successfully reaching at least 30 percent women, communities of color, and LGBTQ+ lawyer representation in a notable number of current leadership roles and committees. The firm also has a long history of commitment to the community and society through providing pro bono legal services, including litigating for civil rights and civil liberties, improving public education and fostering the wellbeing of children, advocating for veterans, promoting international human rights, enforcing the right to asylum, and safeguarding the environment.

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Scott Llewellyn’s practice focuses on complex litigation in federal and state courts around the country, with an emphasis on patent and trade secret disputes. Over the past decade, he has worked on some of the most significant, high–profile IP cases involving technology for televisions, smartphones, and self–driving cars, relying on 40 years of experience with computer hardware and software. Scott also has significant experience with business divorce cases before courts and arbitrators, involving a mix of trade secret, patent, tort, and contract claims relating to technology development and implementation.Scott also has successfully tried general commercial arbitration and agency matters, briefed and argued various appeals in federal appellate court, and tried more than 20 cases for the Denver City Attorney’s office, most of them jury trials.Scott also has an active pro bono practice, having worked on a variety of criminal and immigration appeals, and having represented Colorado criminal defense and mental health organizations in high–profile suits against the state of Colorado for violations of the constitutional rights of defendants.At MoFo, Scott serves on the board of the Morrison & Foerster Foundation. In the broader legal community, he serves on the boards of the Colorado Lawyers Committee and Drop in the Bucket (a charity that builds wells and sanitation systems in sub–Saharan Africa).After law school, Scott clerked for the Honorable Clarence A. Brimmer, District of Wyoming, and the Honorable Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Ninth Circuit. He was also previously an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

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Scott Llewellyn’s practice involves complex litigation before state and federal courts around the country, with an emphasis on patent and trade secret disputes for high-tech companies, to which he brings more than 35 years of experience with computer hardware and software, in particular relating to the processing and transmission of audio, video, voice, and other types of data. Mr. Llewellyn has also tried commercial arbitration and agency matters; briefed and argued various appeals in federal appellate court; and tried more than 20 cases for the Denver city attorney’s office, most of them jury trials.

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AI Dynamics: Regulatory Landscape and Industry Insights | MoFo Tech

Seth M. Graham

Justin H. Haan

Timothy Chen Saulsbury

Aya Eguchi

Joseph C. Gratz

Yuka Teraguchi

Chie Yakura

On November 19, 2024, Morrison Foerster’s Tokyo office hosted a conference on AI Dynamics: Regulatory and Industry Insights.Takayuki Sako, Deputy Director, Digital Economy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) shared his vision for Japan’s commitment to fostering an environment conducive to AI adoption—and the integration of AI into society.MoFo partners Joe Gratz and Justin Haan followed Mr. Sako with an overview on the state of AI development and current issues.Key Takeaways from the Panel DiscussionsLegal and Regulatory Developments Impacting the AI Industry Timothy Chen Koizumi Saulsbury, co-chair of MoFo’s Global Intellectual Property Group, led an in-depth dialogue about legal and regulatory developments in Japan, the United States, and the EU. He was joined by Takayuki Sako (METI), Kyoko Yoshinaga, (Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University), Joe Gratz (IP Litigation partner, Morrison Foerster), and Chie Yakura (IP Litigation partner, Morrison Foerster). The discussion highlighted business challenges presented by the global regulatory patchwork, litigation trends, and potential paths toward harmonization.Factors Driving AI Company Growth and Investment Seth Graham, a partner in MoFo’s Technology Transactions Group, led the AI Investment panel. He shared the stage with Yuto Saeki (Executive Specialist, Global Investment Incubation, Digital Garage), Kenji Hosokawa (General Counsel, Fund Management Division, MUFG Innovation Partners), and Jonathan Duckles (Partner, Deputy General Counsel, and Head of Fund Transactions, SoftBank Investment Advisers). The panel discussed factors facilitating the growth of the AI startup ecosystem in Japan, how regulations affect investor decisions, which factors businesses use to evaluate AI companies (and risk mitigation strategies they implement), and the importance of incubators and government support to a thriving AI industry.AI Use Cases in Life SciencesYuka Teraguchi, a MoFo IP Litigation partner, hosted the panel on AI use cases in the Life Sciences. She was joined by Akira Shibata (Country Manager, Japan, Weights & Biases), Tatsuki Araki (Head of Healthy Living, Social Solution Business Unit, Fujitsu), and Aya Eguchi (Technology Transactions Partner, Morrison Foerster). The panel highlighted the increasing collaboration between tech companies and traditional pharma and biotech firms, leading to new partnerships and associated legal complexities, particularly around IP ownership and AI-created drugs. In diagnostics, concerns were raised about accountability for AI misdiagnoses and privacy issues related to patient data. Companies looking to leverage AI should focus on regulatory and risk management, as well as IP protection, ensuring proper documentation, and consideration of human interaction in AI development.ConclusionThe AI Dynamics: Regulatory and Industry Insights program provided invaluable insights and sparked meaningful discussions amongst the over 75 attendees, which included legal, business, and investment professionals from Japanese companies operating in the technology, financial services, life sciences, and consulting industries.<div data-reactroot=""><img class="rich-text-embed-image" alt="Panel - group 1" src="https://media2.mofo.com/v3/images/blt5775cc69c999c255/bltab27e60fee21673c/673fd91a4d7c436a6af60daa/241121-mofo-tech-blog-1.jpg?format=auto&amp;quality=60"/></div><div data-reactroot=""><img class="rich-text-embed-image" alt="Panel group 2" src="https://media2.mofo.com/v3/images/blt5775cc69c999c255/bltca29c1fe96057b62/673fd91a9325fc1fcaf748ec/241121-mofo-tech-blog-2.jpg?format=auto&amp;quality=60"/></div><div data-reactroot=""><img class="rich-text-embed-image" alt="Panel group 3" src="https://media2.mofo.com/v3/images/blt5775cc69c999c255/blte55354c3b519a0f2/673fd91a20dd4d3f4ee8e28d/241121-mofo-tech-blog-3.jpg?format=auto&amp;quality=60"/></div>

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