Intellectual Property Law
New Matter VOLUME 51, EDITION 1, SPRING 2026
Content
- OUTSOURCING PATENT WORK INTERNATIONALLY Export Control Compliance Guide
- 2026 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- 2026 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- A MULTIPLICITY OF COPYRIGHTS? Vetter v. Resnik and the Nature of Cross-Border Copyright
- A MULTIPLICITY OF COPYRIGHTS? Vetter v. Resnik and the Nature of Cross-Border Copyright
- A View from the Continent
- A View from the Continent
- Contents
- Contents
- Copy That
- Copy That
- Copyright Roundup
- Copyright Roundup
- False Marking:Crocs, Inc. v. "Dawgs"
- False Marking:Crocs, Inc. v. "Dawgs"
- Federal Circuit Report
- Federal Circuit Report
- Inside This Issue
- Inside This Issue
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECTION Executive Committee 2025-2026
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECTION Executive Committee 2025-2026
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECTION Interest Group Representatives 2025-2026
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECTION Interest Group Representatives 2025-2026
- INTERNATIONAL IP PROTECTION IN THE MARGINS' How Treaty Exclusion and Sanctions Create Parallel Systems of Intellectual Property Enforcement
- INTERNATIONAL IP PROTECTION IN THE MARGINS' How Treaty Exclusion and Sanctions Create Parallel Systems of Intellectual Property Enforcement
- Letter from the Chair
- Letter from the Chair
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- Ninth Circuit Report
- Ninth Circuit Report
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- OUTSOURCING PATENT WORK INTERNATIONALLY Export Control Compliance Guide
- Quarterly International IP Law Update
- Quarterly International IP Law Update
- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
- The Licensing Corner
- The Licensing Corner
- Trade Secrets
- Trade Secrets
- TTAB Decisions and Developments
- TTAB Decisions and Developments
OUTSOURCING PATENT WORK INTERNATIONALLY Export Control Compliance Guide
SOODY TRONSON
STLG Law Firm
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
WHEN PATENT PRACTITIONERS SEND technical data to international service providers before filing, they may trigger U.S. export control laws that operate completely separately from foreign filing license requirements. Violations carry substantial penalties, including civil fines that can reach the high six to low seven figures per violation, and criminal exposure up to $1,000,000, with potential imprisonment of up to 20 years per count, or both.1/2/3 This guide provides a practical compliance framework for navigating these overlapping regulatory regimes. This guidance addresses U.S. regulatory obligations that turn on recipient location and nationality for export control purposes, and the Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) of the technology, not on assumptions about individuals or organizations.