CBP Clarifies Exemption from Reciprocal Tariffs for Steel and Aluminum Articles Subject to Section 232 Duties
In its FAQs, U.S. Custom and Border Protection (CBP) clarified the exemption from reciprocal tariffs for goods subject to steel/aluminum Section 232 duties under HTSUS 9903.01.33. CBP clarified that the exemption only applies if the Section 232 duties are
Authored by: Seagull Song and Wang MoOn December 20, 2024, the Hangzhou Intermediate Court affirmed a decision made by the Hangzhou Internet Court, which found the defendant, a generative AI platform provider, contributorily liable for infringing the copyright of the famous Ultraman IP. This is the first Chinese case where an AIGC platform was found
If you’re a patent practitioner who works with innovation related to artificial intelligence, you’ll want to consider the Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox. Corp. This decision is the first to explicitly consider patent eligibility in the context of the use of artificial intelligence.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the district
The second Trump administration has come flying out of the starting blocks on international trade policy actions—imposing and rescinding, shaping and reshaping tariffs, sanctions, and export controls. The executive orders and directives have come so thick and fast that it is not always simple for businesses to chart a consistent policy direction and develop their
The second Trump administration has come flying out of the starting blocks on international trade policy actions—imposing and rescinding, shaping and reshaping tariffs, sanctions, and export controls. The executive orders and directives have come so thick and fast that it is not always simple for businesses to chart a consistent policy direction and develop their
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 (the Advisory).
The Advisory emphasised that businesses operating in Singapore must act transparently and fully comply with applicable laws and regulations on export controls. Such
The second Trump administration has come flying out of the starting blocks on international trade policy actions—imposing and rescinding, shaping and reshaping tariffs, sanctions, and export controls. The executive orders and directives have come so thick and fast that it is not always simple for businesses to chart a consistent policy direction and develop their
This is part of an ongoing series of Covington blogs on the AI policies, executive orders, and other actions of the Trump Administration. This blog describes AI actions taken by the Trump Administration in March 2025, and prior articles in this series are available here.
White House Receives Public Comments on AI Action Plan
On 9 April 2025 the European Commission (the Commission) launched a public consultation on the proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act. The initiative forms part of the Commission’s AI Continent Action Plan that was published the same day. In the accompanying Call for Evidence, the Commission sets out background to its proposed initiative
On April 3, the White House Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) released two memoranda with AI guidance and requirements for federal agencies, Memorandum M-25-21 on Accelerating Federal Use of AI through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust (“OMB AI Use Memo“) and Memorandum M-25-22 on Driving Efficient Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government (“OMB AI