Longtime readers of this blog have heard us say it before: register your trademark in China. Yet, we continue to see brands putting it off — and paying the price later when someone else registers the trademark.
Don’t Let a Chinese Squatter Steal Your Brand: The Ultimate Guide to China Trademark Registration
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Artificial Intelligence at Work: Legal Issues in French Labour Law
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly present in our professional lives—whether in recruitment, human resources management, task automation or decision-making. Employees use AI to enhance their efficiency or to assist with repetitive tasks, often without informing their managers.
AI in the workplace utilises a range of tools, including:
- Virtual assistants (e.g. ChatGPT) for drafting emails, summarising
L’intelligence artificielle au travail : les enjeux juridiques en droit social
L’intelligence artificielle (IA) s’invite progressivement dans nos vies professionnelles, que ce soit dans le recrutement, la gestion des ressources humaines, l’automatisation des tâches ou la prise de décision. Les salariés utilisent l’IA afin d’améliorer leur efficacité, ou pour les aider dans des tâches rébarbatives, et souvent sans que leur hiérarchie en soit informée.
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U.S. and EU Agree on a Wide Trade Framework
Today, the U.S. and the EU have concluded a framework agreement that covers trade-related areas, as well as broader discussions on regulatory and economic policies.
With regard to tariffs, the EU will eliminate tariffs on all U.S. industrial goods and provide preferential market access for U.S. seafood and agricultural products. Additionally, the EU committed not
U.S. Tech Legislative & Regulatory Update – 2025 Mid-Year Update
This update highlights key mid-year legislative and regulatory developments and builds on our first quarter update related to artificial intelligence (“AI”), connected and automated vehicles (“CAVs”), Internet of Things (“IoT”), and cryptocurrencies and blockchain developments.
I. Federal AI Legislative Developments
In the first session of the 119th Congress, lawmakers rejected a proposed moratorium on state
NIST Welcomes Comments for AI Standards Zero Drafts Project
On July 29, 2025, the National Institute of Standards & Technology (“NIST”) unveiled an outline for preliminary, stakeholder-driven standards, known as a “zero draft”, for AI testing, evaluation, verification and validation (“TEVV”). This outline is part of NIST’s AI Standards Zero Drafts pilot project, which was announced on March 25, 2025, as we previously reported. The
Patent Office Memo to Examiners Gives Insight For Patenting Software Inventions
On August 4, the Deputy Commissioner of Patents issued a memorandum to Examiners on evaluation of claims in software-implemented inventions for subject matter eligibility under Section 101. While the memorandum does not fundamentally change the USPTO’s guidance published in the MPEP, the memorandum does provide useful clues as to how the USPTO and the Examining
Trade Secrets: Now Even Your Dog Knows Them (Thanks, Remote Work & AI!)
Mike Tyson once said “[e]veryone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” This quote describes the confidence that organizations may have in their existing trade secret plans, until they encounter some of the evolving complexities of trade secret protection in this era of the combination of remote work and artificial intelligence (AI).
Dr. Philip Radlanski Featured in Calcalist on How the EU AI Act Impacts Israeli Tech Companies
Greenberg Traurig’s Tel Aviv office collaborated with Dr. Philip Radlanski, Local Partner in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group in GT Germany, on a recent interview with Calcalist, one of Israel’s leading business publications.
In the interview, Dr. Radlanski provides timely and practical guidance on how the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence
Export Controls and America’s AI Action Plan
On Wednesday, July 23, 2025, the White House released the “America’s AI Action Plan” (the “AI Action Plan”). The AI Action Plan is the result of the Trump Administration’s Request for Information, which describes policy actions related to artificial intelligence as it seeks to replace the Biden Administration’s “AI Diffusion Rule.” The