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'Animal Farm' and '1984' EU trademark refusals raise doubt over famous works

Paramount-WBD merger draws concerns from broadcasters in Europe

Why South Korea's new privacy penalties may be world's most punishing

X petition could drive changes to 20-year US FTC consent orders

European 'keyword-bidding' collusion probes rattled by watchdog's court defeat

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Data Privacy and Security

June 10, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Human involvement in social media feeds probed by judge in suit over Calif. law

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 10, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Paramount, Warner unaware of specific US states’ concerns about deal
WBD

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 10, 2026 | Wesley Brown

Europe, North America

Paramount foreign ownership waiver likely to be granted, US FCC commissioner says
Human involvement in social media feeds probed by judge in suit over Calif. law
Paramount, Warner unaware of specific US states’ concerns about deal
Paramount foreign ownership waiver likely to be granted, US FCC commissioner says

Antitrust View More

Pandemic-era US Big Tech bill will make antitrust more political, CCIA says

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senate Judiciary members have reintroduced the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, a bill that make antitrust regulation more political, while presuming anticompetitive conduct before l... (more story)

Zillow aims to 'replace' MLS, CoStar says in US antitrust case against Compass

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Zillow's pursuit of an injunction in antitrust litigation against Compass Inc. and Midwest Real Estate Data is part of an anticompetitive "scheme" to control access to real estate listings, CoSta... (more story)

Corteva antitrust settlement with class plaintiffs under review, US states say

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A proposed settlement between Corteva and class plaintiffs bringing antitrust claims over crop protection chemicals should not be granted preliminary approval until US state attorneys general can... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

OpenAI say newspapers don't have triable US copyright case

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: OpenAI moved for a judgment against newspapers’ US copyright claims, arguing that their theory of contributory copyright infringement based on knowledge and material contribution is precisely wha... (more story)

Grok's AI image generator violated privacy law, Canada’s Privacy Commissioner finds

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Grok’s artificial intelligence image-generation tool was launched without proper safeguards or sufficient consideration of potential privacy harms, according to Canada’s Privacy Commissioner. In ... (more story)

Poke available again on WhatsApp in Europe after EU action against Meta AI

June 11, 2026 | Anna Ferrari and Lewis Crofts

Europe, Latin America, Middle East

AI assistant Poke will again be available on WhatsApp in Europe after Meta, the parent company of the messaging app, came under an EU injunction on Tuesday, requiring it to restore free access for rival chatbo... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Zurich seeks EU approval to buy Beazley

June 11, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Zurich Insurance Group has notified to EU merger regulators its plan to buy UK-based specialty insurer Beazley, according to the European Commission website. 

Europe's competition enforcers 'save consumers up to €30 billion a year'

June 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Competition enforcement in the EU generates between €18.5 billion and €29.7 billion in annual customer savings, according to new European Commission analysis that seeks to quantify the economic b... (more story)

Baker Hughes-Chart deal draws market concerns in EU

June 11, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

Baker Hughes’ takeover of Chart Industries has raised concerns in Europe that it could bundle products to strong-arm customers. Market players have told the European Commission that the US energy-equipment mak... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Deutsche Wohnen data fine applauded by German regulator despite big reduction

June 11, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys

Europe

A German court decision to uphold a fine against leading property company Deutsche Wohnen over a data privacy breach has been applauded by Berlin's data watchdog despite a significant reduction in the penalty ... (more story)

US Supreme Court should block enforcement of Texas app store law, CCIA says

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Computer & Communications Industry Association has asked the US Supreme Court to block  block Texas from enforcing its age verification requirements on all app stores and app store users unti... (more story)

EU cookie rules overhaul scaled back in latest digital simplification compromise

June 11, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

A proposed overhaul of EU cookie rules has been scaled back in the latest compromise text on the European Commission's digital simplification package, with negotiators removing proposed General Data Protection... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

This week at the UPC: June 5-11

June 11, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss

Europe

This week the Unified Patent Court clarified how revocation counterclaims should be valued and continued to refine its approach to UK patent designations. Judges also granted Hologic an injunction against Siem... (more story)

Daiichi Sankyo's trademark win falls short on online-monitoring costs

June 11, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

A Tokyo court ordered an individual seller on an online marketplace to pay Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare for selling health products that used the company’s trademarked branding, but refused to make the seller cov... (more story)

China's expanding use of patent arbitration faces crucial test in SEP licensing disputes

June 11, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's top court in a 2025 ruling provided another indication of its support for arbitration as a mechanism for resolving intellectual property disputes. Yet the significance of the ruling extends beyond the ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

UK fraudster Murphy told to pay £96,000 following boiler-room fraud

June 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Steven Murphy, a fraudster who took part in a scam that cost investors £8.2 million, has been ordered to pay £96,000 in a confiscation order, after a UK court found additional assets linked to hi... (more story)

BancTrust chief says will challenge UK fine for disclosure failures

June 11, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

The chief executive of UK-based emerging markets investment firm BancTrust says he will appeal against a UK regulatory fine over disclosure failures on the grounds that it would breach his freedom of speech an... (more story)

Johnson tapped by Trump to head US consumer finance watchdog

June 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary:  Brian Johnson, reportedly a Capital One executive who formerly worked for US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins's firm, Patomak Global Partners consultancy, was tapped by Presi... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Further UK car finance redress plan details cover scope, liability, exceptions

June 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Further details of the UK's car finance redress plan, including scope, liability, exceptions, and redress calculations, have been released by the Financial Conduct Authority in response to questi... (more story)

KakaoPay loses court challenge over Alipay data transfers in South Korea

June 11, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

KakaoPay has lost its court challenge against South Korea's privacy regulator over the transfer of roughly 40 million customers' personal data to Alipay, with a Seoul court ruling that the fintech company hand... (more story)

US CFTC outlines prediction market rules for framework

June 10, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission released draft rules for prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket that would set up a framework for evaluating case by case whether wager contracts are illeg... (more story)

Trade View More

WTO members target mid-2027 entry into force of e-commerce agreement

June 11, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: World Trade Organization members aim to bring an Electronic Commerce Agreement into force by mid-2027, according to a statement. The agreement, adopted by 60 countries in March at the WTO meeting... (more story)

China trade up 15.3% in Jan.-May; ministry vows export, import support

June 11, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China will continue pursuing high-level opening-up policies, stabilize exports and expand imports to support global economic stability, a Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said at a regular press... (more story)

US agricultural groups point to longstanding issues in USMCA enforcement

June 10, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

North America

US agricultural industry stakeholders told a House panel about longstanding issues with Canadian and Mexican compliance under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement that they hope the three member countries will addre... (more story)

State Aid View More

€10m Austrian aid to cleantech cleared by EU watchdog

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies investing in additional manufacturing capacity for the production of net-zero technologies, including their main specific components, will be eligible for direct grants, under a €10 mil... (more story)

Czechia sees EU drop foreign-susbidy probe of Dukovany powerplant

June 08, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and the Czech government have avoided intervention under the EU's rules against distortive foreign subsidies, with the bloc closing a probe into a deal to provide nuclear reactors a... (more story)

Tiberis case puts Italy's renewable-energy incentives before EU judges

June 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Italy’s highest administrative court has asked EU judges whether a European Commission state-aid approval decision prevents national courts from assessing whether Italy’s renewable-energy support... (more story)

Energy View More

Don't weaken EU emissions trading system in review, investors urge policymakers

June 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A coalition of 45 investors, including Allianz, Aberdeen Investments, Nordea Asset Management and Robeco, managing €11.4 trillion in assets, is urging EU leaders to maintain "a robust and predict... (more story)

Extension of free ETS allocations, aviation rules emerge in EU Commission review

June 11, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Free ETS allowances for industry could be extended under the European Commission's upcoming carbon-market review, while support would be tied more closely to decarbonization investments, according to a leaked ... (more story)

Gas and oil importers urge delay to EU methane rules over compliance concerns

June 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: 18 gas and oil organizations including the American Petroleum Institute, Cefic and Eurogas are calling for a revised timeline for the EU Methane Regulation, warning that upcoming import requireme... (more story)

Technology View More

US Big Tech bill turns content moderation disputes into antitrust enforcement, group says

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The reintroduced American Innovation and Choice Online Act would hand sweeping new enforcement authority to the Trump administration’s Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, the Cham... (more story)

US senators introduce legislation to challenge Big Tech abuses

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senators Chuck Grassley and Amy Klobuchar introduced the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA), a targeted, bipartisan bill that would restore online competition by preventing the ... (more story)

Australian government advancing plans for 'digital duty of care' legislation

June 11, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

The Australian government is developing "a digital duty of care" that will require online platforms to proactively identify and reduce risks of harm, particularly to children, through ongoing risk assessments,... (more story)