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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MoFo Tech Law Summit – Tech and Antitrust: Policy Shifts in the Second Trump Administration

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This alert summarizes several legislative updates related to the handling of personal information in the so-called “digital market,” including:<ul><li>The amendment to the Personal Information Protection Act;</li><li>New guidelines by the Japan Fair Trade Commission, which address businesses operating digital platforms; and</li><li>The enactment of the Digital Platformer Transaction Transparency Act.</li></ul>These updates could have potentially far-reaching privacy implications for tech companies doing business in Japan, particularly those engaged in online services such as search providers, social networking services, and electronic commerce.Read our <a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/BLNJCVO0oWIRZD2mfznfjk?domain=www2.mofo.com">client alert.</a>

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Yuki is a partner of Morrison & Foerster Law Offices. He has more than 25 years of experience in litigation and dispute resolution, including disputes relating to commercial transactions, product liab

Yukihiro Terazawa

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Japan: Privacy Updates on Handling Personal Information in the “Digital Market”

Japan: Privacy Updates on Handling Personal Information in the “Digital Market”

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This alert summarizes several legislative updates related to the handling of personal information in the so-called “digital market,” including:

The amendment t

<p style="background-color: transparent;box-sizing: border-box;color: rgb(33, 37, 41);font-size: 16px;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;line-height: 26.4px;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 0px;">Partner Janet Xiao, who leads the firm’s China Life Sciences Group, co-authored an article with associate Can Cui for Intellectual Property Magazine, titled “Crossing Borders,” which explores technology transfer opportunities emerging from import rules in China. The authors note that Chinese companies are eager to bring foreign innovative technologies to China, and, despite trade tensions between the U.S. and China, cross-border technology transfers into China, especially in the life sciences area, have remained active. Janet and Can then breakdown how these technology transfers are being regulated through China’s technology import and export regulations (TIER), including how a recent amendment to TIER has impacted the space.

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Janet focuses her practice on worldwide patent procurement, patent portfolio management, and strategic planning for life sciences companies. Janet’s clients range from large multinational biopharmaceu

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Janet focuses her practice on worldwide patent procurement, patent portfolio management, and strategic planning for life sciences companies. Janet’s clients range from large multinational biopharmaceutical companies, such as Celgene and Genentech, to emerging startup companies around the world.

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Crossing Borders

Supreme Court Restricts the Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Patent Law for Exported Goods

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Partner Janet Xiao, who leads the firm’s China Life Sciences Group, co-authored an article with associate Can Cui for Intellectual Property Magazine, titled “Cr

Crossing Borders

The U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) has added <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2019-22210.pdf" target="_blank">28 Chinese organizations to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity List</a>, a move that effectively cuts off these entities from directly or indirectly acquiring hardware, software, and technology subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These new restrictions are effective upon publication of the notice in the Federal Register, which is scheduled for October 9, 2019.The Chinese organizations include commercial and government-owned entities that specialize in artificial intelligence and other technologies deployed for surveillance purposes. Twenty of the organizations are government entities affiliated with the XUAR People’s Government Public Security Bureau. Commerce determined that eight commercial companies “are enabling activities contrary to the foreign policy interests of the United States.” Among the companies identified are Hikvision, Dahua Technology, and SenseTime, which are some of the world’s largest and most advanced manufacturers of video surveillance products.

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Charles Capito is a partner in both Morrison Foerster’s National Security and Government Contracts + Public Procurement practices.
In the National Security space, he has significant experience couns

Charles L. Capito

Charles Capito

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Joseph Benkert is a senior advisor  in Morrison & Foerster’s National Security practice group. He advises  clients on critical national security matters pertaining to the Committee on  Foreign Investm

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Commerce Adds 28 Chinese Organizations to the Entity List for Associations with Human Rights Violations and Abuses

Watch Out: The Federal Trade Commission Continues to Watch the (Alleged) Watchers

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The U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) has added 28 Chinese organizations to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity List, a move that effectivel

Commerce Adds 28 Chinese Organizations to the Entity List for Associations with Human Rights Violations and Abuses

The latest in a string of U.S. government (USG) actions restricting the use of Chinese technology in the U.S. supply chain is an interim rule issued by the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) implementing the first phase of Section 889 of the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This rule, which goes into effect on August 13, 2019, prohibits federal agencies from buying “covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system” from designated Chinese entities, including Huawei Technologies Company Ltd. (Huawei) and ZTE Corporation (ZTE), and several providers of video surveillance equipment and services. We detail this proscription below and summarize how the rule shifts the compliance burden to government contractors.  Read our <a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/YwS2CAD9WrHq5mznc9GDUQ">client alert.</a>

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New Rule Implementing NDAA Prohibition: U.S. Agencies Cannot Enter Contracts That Use Chinese Telecom Technology

Tune in, catch up: EU changes to TV and radio transmission rules

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The latest in a string of U.S. government (USG) actions restricting the use of Chinese technology in the U.S. supply chain is an interim rule issued by the Depa

New Rule Implementing NDAA Prohibition: U.S. Agencies Cannot Enter Contracts That Use Chinese Telecom Technology

The Singapore Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has had a busy year and shows no signs of slowing down. In January 2019, the PDPC handed down a record SGD 1 million enforcement related to the SingHealth data breach – a breach that resulted from a cyber attack of unprecedented scale in Singapore, which saw the theft of 1.5 million personal and medical records from an electronic medical records system. Following that, the PDPC has levied financial penalties against companies small and large, posted new regulatory guidelines on breach notice timing and enforcement, and proposed key changes to data subject rights under Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). We urge any company doing business in Singapore to familiarize themselves with the latest PDPC developments laid out below. Read our <a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/AikOCBBROvijKM84fNC-wI">client alert</a>.

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Saqib Alam is an English solicitor, New York attorney and Singapore advocate who advises global companies, boards and high net worth individuals facing business-critical issues and helps them resolve such matters from a legal and reputational standpoint.

Saqib Alam

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Singapore Shakes Up Privacy: 72-Hour Breach Notice, New Guidance

Biometric Information as Personal Information In A Brave New World of Regulatory Compliance

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The Singapore Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has had a busy year and shows no signs of slowing down. In January 2019, the PDPC handed down a record 

Singapore Shakes Up Privacy: 72-Hour Breach Notice, New Guidance

On May 27, 2019, the Japanese government published amended rules that aim to tighten the regulatory requirements applicable to foreign direct investment (tai nai chokusetsu toshi or FDI) under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act of Japan (gaitame ho, or the “Act”).  Specifically, while the FDI regime requires a Foreign Investor to file its transaction with the Japanese authorities before investing in a Japanese target company engaged in a “restricted business,” the amended rules will add businesses related to the information and communications technology sector to the prescribed types of “restricted businesses.”  The obligation to complete a prior filing in respect of investment in a Japanese company that is engaged in a “restricted business” under the widened scope will apply to transactions taking place on or after August 31, 2019.This client alert provides an overview of the FDI regime in Japan and the latest amendments to tighten the regulations.Read our <a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/1-9DCn5N7lHv6vLYiNzjnE">client alert</a>.

Astellas Pharma Inc.

Aetos Capital Real Estate

Sekisui House Residential Investment Corporation

Charoen Pokphand Group

NEXON Co., Ltd.

Kenedix Retail REIT Corporation

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corporation

Olympus Corporation

Shinsei Bank, Limited

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Mitsutoshi Uchida is a partner in the Corporate Department of Morrison Foerster Law Offices.


Mitsutoshi Uchida

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Of Counsel

Fumihiko Hori is of counsel to Morrison Foerster Law Offices. Fumihiko’s practice covers a wide range of Japanese regulatory and policy matters, including energy and Japanese government initiatives on Green Transformation

Fumihiko Hori

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Japan Is Tightening Regulations Applicable to Foreign Direct Investment in the Information and Communications Technology Sector

Chinese Interest High Despite Uncertainty

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On May 27, 2019, the Japanese government published amended rules that aim to tighten the regulatory requirements applicable to foreign direct investment (tai na

Japan Is Tightening Regulations Applicable to Foreign Direct Investment in the Information and Communications Technology Sector

A wide range of businesses in Southeast Asia from traditional retailers and financial institutions to start-ups are harnessing new technologies and entering into new commercial partnerships to offer financial products and services regionally.<div dir="ltr">MoFo’s Jake Robson, Gordon Milner and Nicholas Davies discuss how companies can overcome cross - border regulatory challenges and adapt to rapid changes in financial services regulations to chart a course of compliance for their regional businesses.This article was originally published in the <a href="https://www.iflr.com/IssueArticle/3869808/Supplements/Where-disruption-meets-regulation.html?supplementListId=100193">IFLR Magazine April/May 2019 Edition.</a></div>

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Gordon is a partner whose practice focuses on advising clients about intellectual property, licensing, outsourcing, and technology transactions.
He has advised clients in the IT, telecommunications, f

Gordon A. Milner

Gordon Milner

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Where Disruption Meets Regulation

UK Regulations: Urgent Action Required from Loan-Based Crowdfunding Platforms