Bruce H. Chiu

Associate

412.297.4933

Mr. Chiu’s practice focuses on e-commerce and international business transactions and general corporate matters.

Mr. Chiu's areas of interest include:

E-Commerce and Internet law
Technology licensing
Assist clients with procurement, technology infrastructure, and web site development contracts including reviewing proposals for privacy, network architecture and security, and intellectual property concerns
Internet domain name disputes
International joint ventures and direct foreign investments
Export control compliance issues
Sales representation, distribution and reseller agreements
General commercial contracts including terms and conditions of sale, purchase orders, vendor contracts, services contracts and sales contracts

Bar Admissions

Routinely advise clients on E-commerce contract formation, data privacy and security obligations, website development agreements, internet connectivity provisioning, and hosting arrangements
Negotiate telecommunications procurement agreements, outsourcing agreements, and application service provider agreements
Negotiate and structure licensing agreements, technology development agreements, technology sharing agreements, OEM arrangements, and private labeling arrangements
Routinely advise clients on export control product classification, customer, end-user and destination screening
Advise clients on trade embargo sanctions programs
Negotiates settlements for export control violations made prior to our involvement, including review of prior process and structure operations to satisfy enforcement requirements of adequate assurance of compliance on an ongoing basis
Routinely counsel clients on structuring export operations
Structure international and domestic product distribution and licensing systems that take into account the limitations imposed by local culture and law while attending to the business needs of the client
Advise clients on encryption export controls

Sixth Annual Customs/Export Control Update, Cohen & Grigsby seminar, Pittsburgh, PA (April 24, 2007)
Fifth Annual Customs/Export Control Update - Important Issues You Need to Know, Cohen & Grigsby seminar, Pittsburgh, PA (April 26, 2006)
Fourth Annual Customs Update - Important Issues You Need to Know, Cohen & Grigsby seminar, Pittsburgh, PA (April 19, 2005)
Third Annual Customs Update - Important Issues You Need to Know, Cohen & Grigsby seminar, Pittsburgh, PA (May 18, 2004)
Second Annual Customs Update - Importing and Exporting - How to Deal with Customs’ Increased Scrutiny, Cohen & Grigsby seminar, Pittsburgh, PA (May 7, 2003)
Importing and Exporting – What You Need to Know, Cohen & Grigsby seminar, Pittsburgh, PA (April 11, 2002)
Regulatory Affairs Relating to E-Commerce, Go Global with Your Website! conference sponsored by Saint Francis University Small Business Development Center, Center for Global Competitiveness, and U.S. Department of Commerce, Johnstown, PA (August 22, 2002)