Competition judges are still grappling with procedural questions thrown up by the UK's collective action regime, but it has enabled claims to progress which would not have otherwise been brought, the president... (more story)

PayPoint impacted competition for a certain period of time in the UK's pre-pay energy market, a court has ruled, but awarded only a fraction of the damages sought by energy technology company Global-365. PayPo... (more story)

Mastercard offered KFC an “unusual” scheme-fee rebate as the fast-food chain considered routing debit transactions through rival network Eftpos, an Australian trial has heard. In a Federal Court hearing on Fri... (more story)

An Osaka District Court ruling has narrowed the ability of copyright holders to impose self-declared penalty fees for unauthorized online image use, rejecting a fishing website’s attempt to claim damages based... (more story)

Sisvel is seeking companies to join an Ultra Ethernet patent pool and expanding its POS licensing program, while Nokia highlighted broad licensing deals in China. Longhorn IP continued to add to its digital pa... (more story)

Despite lengthy comments from numerous IP stakeholders, standard essential patent (SEP) policy issues got little attention in the Office of US Trade Representative’s annual Special 301 report on IP trade. But ... (more story)

MLex Summary: China said it opposes the EU’s plan to block funding support for projects using Chinese inverters, saying the bloc had labeled China a “high-risk country” without evidence and subjected Chinese p... (more story)

US manufacturers producing a range of steel, aluminum and metal goods argued on Thursday for targeted tariffs against China and other countries with excess capacity, telling an interagency panel that a surge o... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade ruled against President Donald Trump's 10 percent global tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, ruling for a coalition of 24 Democratic-led states ... (more story)

Agri Stats agreed to stop exchanging competitively sensitive information under a proposed settlement with the US Department of Justice and six states, resolving antitrust allegations against the agricultural b... (more story)

MLex Summary: Agri Stats President Eric Scholer said in a statement that he and his company are pleased to put the US Department of Justice's antitrust case "behind us." He added, "For more than forty years, A... (more story)

A New Mexico judge heard on Thursday that Meta Platforms should be able to verify users’ age and strengthen current protections to vastly reduce the amount of child sexual abuse material on its websites.