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EU action against restrictions on cross-border sales of branded goods has been pushed back to the third quarter of 2027, according to the European Commission's work program published on Wednesday. The initiati... (more story)

MLex Summary: The European Commission has unveiled its 2027 work program, outlining initiatives to strengthen EU competitiveness, deepen the single market and reduce regulatory burdens. Priorities include tack... (more story)

MLex Summary: The UK antitrust regulator has said it will remove 23 market remedies, because they're no longer needed to deal with the competition problems they were designed to fix. The Competition and Market... (more story)

The UK government will not abolish its unregistered design right, it said Wednesday, opting instead to preserve existing protections while pursuing targeted registration checks and cheaper civil enforcement. T... (more story)

A Japanese patent owner proved a competitor infringed its roof heat-shielding patent, but was ordered to pay damages to that same competitor after telling its franchisees that the infringement extended to othe... (more story)

Novartis’s sale of Indian pharmaceutical trademarks was an outright transfer despite territorial and contractual restrictions, a Mumbai tax tribunal ruled. The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal rejected the royalt... (more story)

EU lawmakers welcomed Democratic gains in the US midterm elections, seeing scope for stronger scrutiny of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies and closer trans-Atlantic cooperation. They warned at the same... (more story)

MLex Summary: Indonesia plans to promote greater use and potential expansion of the Developing-8 preferential trade agreement during its 2026-2027 chairmanship of the economic cooperation group, the Trade Mini... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission unanimously voted in a final determination that a domestic industry is injured by imports of chromium trioxide from India and Turkey. Since the Department of... (more story)

MLex Summary: Platforms, advertisers, researchers and others are invited to comment on upcoming European Commission technical guidelines for advertising repositories maintained by very large online platforms a... (more story)

Companies operating online platforms could be subject to additional German transparency requirements to protect diversity of opinion, depending on how the EU Court of Justice interprets the Digital Services Ac... (more story)

The European Commission plans to withdraw its proposed Financial Data Access Regulation, or FIDA, within six months, according to a draft 2027 work program, obtained by MLex. The proposal, aimed at facilitatin... (more story)