Ed. Note: if you’re new to TURBOFAC, please take note that the text string filtration function generally shouldn’t be used for terms such as “ordinarily resident,” “causing” or “new debt”. For research on the meaning of words and phrases such as those, i.e. terms central to the key legal issues in sanctions law that appear on a cross-programmatic basis, you’re typically better off locating and checking the appropriate box in the “Key Legal Issues” search category, which will limit the results to those that have been manually assessed as being relevant for the interpretation of the terms at issue.
Try typing your search term (“ordinarily resident,” “new debt,” or something else) in the “Find a Search Filter” box at the top of the page, and the corresponding “Key Legal Issues” check box will pop up instantly, if one exists. Once you check the box (e.g. “new debt,” with ~55 results), you can always use the text string filtration function to further refine your search (e.g. by typing “invoice” and narrowing the ~55 results to ~10).
Note in addition that the same applies to text string searches such as “14071” (if you’re looking for items related to EO 14071). By typing “14071” in the “Find a Search Filter” field up top, you will be able to instantly narrow the results down to items manually assessed as relating to EO 14071. Ditto terms such as “515.204” or “Iran General License G” (try the “Discrete Legal Provision” search category).
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1) BACKGROUND
The applicant here (Nokia) asks to provide a “mapping software product, Ovi/Nokia Maps, and related services from the United States to Iran.” Based on publicly available information released contemporaneous with the application (see e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmOz1iVypnE), it is clear that Ovi/Nokia Maps is similar to google maps in the sense that it does, or can, involve the downloading of a software app, and that software app will display maps (which may be pre-loaded or transmitted over the internet) and allow the user to generate directions from place to place on the map (i.e. GPS-based navigation tools).
As discussed at length in Notes Common to the "Information or informational materials" Definitional Provision, the relationship between the informational materials exemption and “software” is unclear as it relates to the exportation of software in object code. In this case, OFAC...