He can't do anything about the existing IP. But in the future, is it worth assigning the IP to a foreign holding corporation and applying for a foreign patent in a country with patent-respecting treaties with the US?
They can't order an Icelandic company to do anything, even if it happens to have American shareholders. And even if manufacturing is done in the US, the most they could do is seize the ships, and there are stronger protections for that.
> But in the future, is it worth assigning the IP to a
> foreign holding corporation
But this would make the US-American individual coming up with
the ideas (the "intellectual property") export it to a foreign
nation. Which is exactly what currently seems to be prohibited
by putting a secrecy order on the patents.
> They can't order an Icelandic company to do anything,
> even if it happens to have American shareholders.
This company then better not employ any American engineers.
The USMC Harriers were, however, built under license by a US aviation company. Ditto a bunch of other British-designed aircraft used by the USAF, such as the English Electric Canberra aka Martin B-57 Canberra:
I don't know the military purchasing requirements, but it might be that there's no way to get around it using shell companies.
The State department handles this, right? I suppose that's why defense companies like Lockheed Martin donate a lot of money to certain political campaigns.
They can't order an Icelandic company to do anything, even if it happens to have American shareholders. And even if manufacturing is done in the US, the most they could do is seize the ships, and there are stronger protections for that.