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John Cao
is a member of the Womble Bond Dickinson’s Patent Practice Group. Cao focuses his practice on intellectual property counseling and the protection of intellectual property in the fields of electronics, software, and computer-related technologies. He practices in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. For more information, or to contact Cao, visit his firm profile page.
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The Top Five IP and Tech Issues for Cross-Border Transactions
Although US-China tensions currently exist in the areas of trade tariffs, it appears overseas entities, especially entities within China, remain highly interested in investing and dealing with US businesses. Large Chinese tech companies raise questions related to export control, and specifically whether inventions designed in the US, implemented in another country such as in Europe, and adopted in China were subject to export control. One obvious category subject to export control is military applications. However, inventions where civilian applications predominate are more difficult to assess. The safe assumption is that when a portion of the invention is conceived in the US, the invention is subject to export control.