Category BIS

Once More Unto the Breach

The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) previously did battle with cloud computing in an advisory opinion it released in January 2009. Almost two years later BIS charges into battle yet again, and yet again there is no clear victor.…

U.S. Implemented India Export Reforms Today

A Federal Register notice issued today implemented expected reforms which loosen certain controls on U.S. exports to India. The notice removed some, but not all, Indian companies and organizations on the Entity List, a list maintained by the Bureau of…

Are Virtual Office Addresses a New Red Flag?

The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) recently imposed a temporary denial order (“TDO”) on Singapore-based Anvik Technologies, and its owner Babak Jafarpour. The TDO is based on evidence that BIS alleges that it has demonstrating that Anvik and Jafarpour…