Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms' legal challenge against the European Commssion over an interim order telling the company to restore free access for rival AI assistants to WhatsApp was published in the Official Journal Monday...(read more)

MLex Summary: Google faces a German antitrust probe into its car navigation services, the country’s competition regulator said on Monday. The watchdog is examining whether Google only offers its map services as part of a b...(read more)

South Korea’s two-largest food-delivery operators have been hit with record fines for practices including requiring restaurants to offer terms at least as favorable as those on rival platforms, which the country’s competit...(read more)

South Korean skincare company Coiz has won a Chinese trademark challenge, with a court finding that goods in different trademark classes can be considered similar if consumers are likely to confuse their source.

Hermès secured court-backed commitments from India’s Eziere Technologies to halt replica sales and remove listings. The French luxury brand agreed to drop damages claims under a settlement enforceable through contempt proc...(read more)

Despite a US appeals court decision last week that may place guardrails on some Section 1782 discovery proceedings, litigation remains an important tool for standard-essential patent implementers litigating before the Unif...(read more)

MLex Summary: China has extended the suspension of special port fees on US-linked vessels and an investigation into the impact of US maritime trade measures until Jan. 10, 2027, the Ministry of Transport said Monday. The m...(read more)

MLex Summary: China will extend the suspension of an additional 24 percent tariff on US imports for two months while retaining a 10 percent additional tariff, effective from 1:01pm on Tuesday, the Customs Tariff Commission...(read more)

MLex Summary: Indonesia has expanded exemptions from foreign-currency export earnings requirements for eligible mining exporters with trade arrangements involving Japan, South Korea and the EU, adding them to a list coveri...(read more)

MLex Summary: South Korea's privacy regulator plans to issue guidelines for smart glasses by year-end, outlining safeguards for manufacturers, service providers and users amid concerns over covert recording and the collect...(read more)

A California appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling that four school systems cannot pursue negligence and public nuisance claims against Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snap related to addictive design in state court.

MLex Summary: A California appeals court denied an appeal by four school systems to the dismissal by a state Superior Court judge of the schools' public nuisance and negligence claims against Meta Platforms, YouTube, Snap ...(read more)