North America: International Law

Trade negotiations are in the air, everywhere you look around. They are launched, paused, restarted and concluded. Agreements are reached, then rescinded, ignored or revivified.

The global trade environment continues to shift under unpredictable tariff policy changes. Since President Trump’s return to office, a series of new, paused, and reintroduced tariffs — targeting everything from steel and autos to pharmaceuticals...

Law360 recently highlighted commentary from ITC Practice Co-chair Robert Vlasis in an article examining the rise in Section 337 investigations involving patents and other IP being litigated at the US International Trade Commission for the first time. The piece outlines several developments that may be contributing to this trend, including the Federal Circuit’s Lashify decision and recent USPTO procedural changes affecting PTAB challenges.