COMPUTER & PERIPHERALS

Certain types of products that are used by consumers, being made in or imported into the European Union, will be subject to a new set of requirements regarding their accessibility for use by persons with disabilities. A new EU law, published on 7 June 2019, sets forth these requirements and the obligations they impose on manufacturers and importers of goods for sale on the EU market. More

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission will hold a one-day hearing on 1 May on agenda priorities for fiscal year 2020, which begins on 1 October 2019, as well as its budget request for fiscal year 2021, which begins on 1 October 2020. Parties wishing to submit comments in connection with these matters must do so by 17 April. More

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on 1 November that a federal grand jury has indicted a mainland Chinese state-owned enterprise, as well as a Taiwan-based company and three individuals, for crimes related to a conspiracy to steal, convey and possess stolen trade secrets of U.S. semiconductor company Micron Technology Inc. for the benefit of a company controlled by the mainland Chinese government, along with a conspiracy to commit economic espionage. More