Nanotechnology Law Report


This blawg addresses legal issues associated with nanotechnology developments as well as general nanotechnology news and events.

Author: John C. Monica Jr. is a partner at Porter Wright Morris & Arthur's Washington, D.C. office; Michael E. Heintz is an associate at Porter Wright's Columbus, Ohio office, and Patrick T. Lewis is an associate at Porter Wright's Cleveland office.

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Recent Posts from Nanotechnology Law Report


  • UK Nanotechnology Health, Safety & Environment Directory

    The UK's Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network recently published the above entitled directory (due to copyright restrictions, we cannot provide a link to the directory itself. Here is a link to the page on the NanoKTN site…

  • Nanotubes in Space

    Space, the final frontier. Captains James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard One of the most significant challenges facing NASA in the development of the next generation of vehicle to replace the aging Space Shuttles and carry…

  • The Centre for Nano Safety

    The Centre for Nano Safety , at Edinburgh - Napier University in Scotland, officially opened it's doors on November 11, 2009. The Centre's mission is to study the possible toxicity of nanoparticles and to determine…

  • New Edition of Nanotechnology Law Report

    New Edition of Nanotechnology Law Report Inside you will find: EPA Considering New Approach to Nanoscale Materials Under TSCA EPA May Issue Mandatory Data Collection Rule for Nanoscale Materials Under TSCA EPA Takes Aim at…

  • EPA Proposes Significant New Use Rules for Single and Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    On Friday, 11/06, 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a "Proposed Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances" in the Federal Register (74 FR 57430). The "certain chemical substances" that the new use rules…

  • Ice, Snow & Nano

    As anyone looking at trees the last week or so has noticed, the leaves have taken on the red, yellow, orange and brown hues of Autumn. The cool crisp days and evenings signal that Fall…

  • New National Nanomanufacturing Network Newsletter

    The National Nanomanufacuring Network (NNN) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst just published its October newsletter which you can find here.  There is a nice article by Barbara Beck and Chris Long from Gradient regarding the…

  • Study of Chinese Print Workers Claims to Provide the First Human Evidence of the Clinical Toxicity of Long-term Nanoparticle Exposures

    This article was originally published by the National Nanomanufacturing Network's "InterNano" project (www.internano.com).  It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. A recent study published in the well-known medical journal, the European Respiratory…

  • Another Nano-Silver Sock Study

    We have previously reported on a study by Arizona State researchers looking into the potential release of nanosilver particles from odor-killing socks during theoretical wash cycles.  A new study from Switzerland examines the issue in…

  • Upcoming Meetings

    The Office of Science and Technology published two notices in today's Federal Register that should be of interest to the Nanotechnology community. The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office will be holding a public meeting on 11/16/2009…