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Intellectual Property

February 07, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Europe

3D trademark used by Abbott on ‘FreeStyle Libre’ declared invalid in UK
nvidia circuit board chips

Artificial Intelligence

February 07, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

Nvidia, China’s MiniMax and 01.ai pledge AI safety commitments ahead of summit

Trade

February 06, 2025 | Ansley Franco and Joanna Sopinska

North America

US trade rep nominee Greer pledges ‘strong trade action’ in confirmation hearing

Antitrust View More

Need for proactive regulation in age of AI, Indian antitrust chief says

February 09, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

Proactive regulation is warranted in the age of artificial intelligence, India's top antitrust official said, citing growing concerns about the potential for AI-driven collusion and other anticompetitive pract... (more story)

Questions remain as Spotless-Ventia lawsuit revives Australian antitrust enforcement

February 09, 2025 | James Panichi

Oceania

Almost two years had passed since Australia’s competition watchdog last launched fresh antitrust enforcement, making the recent announcement of a lawsuit targeting the publicly listed military base-services pr... (more story)

Broadcom enters consent decree talks with South Korean regulator over set-top box chips

February 08, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Broadcom will enter consent decree proceedings with South Korea's competition regulator, which announced today its decision to initiate the process over allegations the company forced domestic se... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

France’s Macron says investors to pledge EUR109 billion investments at AI Summit

February 09, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Frank Hersey

Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron said today that investors at France’s AI Summit will announce 109 billion euros in investment in artificial intelligence. “Europe will accelerate and France will accelerate,” M... (more story)

Microsoft says Google request for US testimony over algorithms a 'bridge too far'

February 07, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Microsoft told a US federal court that Google served it with a deposition notice with 18 broad and burdensome topics.  In a status report, Microsoft told the US District for the District of Colum... (more story)

Google, OpenAI, others commit to sharing comparable AI development data to G7

February 07, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Africa,Asia,Europe,Latin America,Middle East,North America,Oceania

Microsoft, Google, OpenAI and Amazon are among frontier AI developers that today pledged to submit publicly accessible and comparable information on their risk management practices to the first centralized rep... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

UnitedHealth Group files answer to US DOJ complaint over Amedisys deal

February 07, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: UnitedHealth Group filed its answer to the US Justice Department complaint against its proposed acquisition of Amedisys. UnitedHealth says that it "seeks to bring increased efficiency, heightened... (more story)

Nippon Steel looking to invest in US Steel instead of purchase, Trump says

February 07, 2025 | Wesley Brown

North America

Nippon Steel is planning an investment in US Steel rather than a purchase of the company, President Donald Trump said Friday following a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Trump, who mistaken... (more story)

USW encourages finding American alternatives to Nippon Steel for US Steel

February 07, 2025 | Wesley Brown

North America

MLex Summary: The United Steelworkers responded to claims by President Donald Trump that Nippon Steel would seek an investment instead of purchasing US Steel by continuing to encourage him to seek American alternatives.

Data Privacy and Security View More

DOGE access to US Treasury computers blocked by judge over privacy, security concerns

February 08, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

A federal judge in New York has blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from having access to the personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans, citing data privacy and security concerns i... (more story)

DOGE blocked from access to Treasury computers as New York judge grants TRO

February 08, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Paul Engelmayer granted a temporary restraining order to a group of 19 states seeking to block access by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to Americans' personal d... (more story)

X told to provide election data by German court under EU's Digital Services Act

February 08, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Elon Musk's X, platform formerly known as Twitter, has been ordered by a German court to provide election data to researchers after they sued the platform to secure access to social media data to... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Federal Circuit endorses ‘holistic’ approach to assessing US domestic industry

February 07, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A final determination by the US International Trade Commission that Wuhan Healthgen Biotechnology infringed a valid Ventria Bioscience patent won’t be disturbed. In a precedential ruling today, the US Court o... (more story)

Trade dress pleading standards in design disputes eased in Second Circuit

February 07, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

The longstanding requirement in Connecticut, New York, and Vermont federal courts that a trade dress complaint involving similar product designs must establish distinctiveness of the articulated trade dress is... (more story)

Global publishing, news, music organizations sign charter for AI copyright protections

February 07, 2025

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

MLex Summary: A total of 38 international publishing organizations and representatives of rightsholders and journalists have signed the “International Charter on ‘Culture and Innovation’,” published as part of... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US defends yacht seizure amid Russian businessman’s claim, end of kleptocracy unit

February 07, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Days after US Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded a kleptocracy task force aimed at the assets of Russian elites, federal prosecutors argued at the conclusion of an evidentiary hearing that a sanctioned oliga... (more story)

CITIC Bank's Shandong branch fined for cybersecurity, AML violations in China

February 06, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: A CITIC Bank branch in China's Rizhao city, Shandong Province, received a warning and a fine of 540,000 yuan ($74,000) for violations related to cybersecurity, data security and anti-money launde... (more story)

Brink’s operated outside regulatory exception for currency transporters, US says

February 06, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A Brink’s Co. subsidiary operated outside an exemption to anti-money laundering regulations for currency transporters, according to settlements with US authorities announced today. The exemption covers a “narr... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US National Credit Union Administration's Hood named acting head of OCC

February 07, 2025

North America

MLex Summary:  Rodney Hood, a member of the US National Credit Union Administration, has been named acting head of the US Comptroller of the Currency effective Monday.* He will replace Michael Hsu. To become p... (more story)

US CFTC announces crypto CEO forum to launch digital asset markets pilot

February 07, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it will hold a forum of chief executive officers from industry-leading firms to discuss the launch of its digital asset markets pilot program... (more story)

EU central counterparties’ authorizations, validations open for feedback

February 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Securities and Markets Authority has opened for feedback its provisions on the conditions for EU central counterparties authorizations, extensions of authorization and validations of... (more story)

Trade View More

US Commerce can use another firm’s financials to calculate exporter rate, CIT says

February 07, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker

Asia, North America

The US Court of International Trade determined that the Commerce Department was correct to use Taiwanese manufacturer San Shing’s financial statements to calculate the dumping rate for Taiwanese steel nail exp... (more story)

US CIT sustains constructed value calculation for Taiwanese steel nail exporter

February 07, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade sustained the Commerce Department’s constructed value calculation for mandatory respondent Your Standing in a 2021-22 administrative review of an antidumping d... (more story)

US Commerce amends Brazilian honey dumping rates following CIT decision

February 07, 2025

Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has amended the dumping rates assigned to Brazilian exporters of raw honey following the Court of International Trade’s decision to sustain Commerce’s first remand rede... (more story)

State Aid View More

Changes to EU state aid rules on environmental obligations now open for views

February 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A draft new EU state aid mechanism, allowing members of the public to request the European Commission to review certain decisions to establish whether they breach EU environmental law, has now be... (more story)

ABC Technologies files TI Fluid Systems acquisition for EU foreign-subsidy review

February 07, 2025 | Karoline Del Vecchio

Europe

Canadian company ABC Technologies has sought EU foreign-subsidy clearance to buy British automotive components company TI Fluid Systems, according to an update on the European Commission's register of deals. ... (more story)

Ryanair loses EU court challenge to renewed approval of aid for Portugal's TAP

February 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Ryanair today lost its legal challenge to renewed EU clearance for Portuguese rescue aid of up to 1.2 billion euros to its flag-carrier airline in light of the pandemic. In 2021, the EU General C... (more story)

Energy View More

EU transport's share of energy from renewables rose in 2023, Eurostat says

February 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The share of renewable energy sources used in transport in the EU was 10.8 percent in 2023, an increase from 9.6 percent in 2022, the European Commission has said, citing Eurostat data. Sweden re... (more story)

January 2025 was hottest on record globally, EU scientists say

February 06, 2025

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

MLex Summary: January 2025 was the warmest January on record globally, with temperatures 1.75 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, according to the latest EU Copernicus Climate Change Service report. T... (more story)

EU transport sector to get EUR422 million for alternative fuels infrastructure

February 06, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: 422 million euros will be allocated to 39 projects across the EU for deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, contributing to decarbonization and cleaner transport, the European Commission... (more story)

Technology View More

Amazon dialed down self-preferencing amid EU, US scrutiny, economist says

February 07, 2025 | Chris May

Europe

Amazon products began disappearing from online search results on the company’s global e-commerce platform amid increased antitrust scrutiny from US and European enforcers in 2023, according to economic researc... (more story)

US senators probe tech firms after report of ads placed on websites with CSAM

February 07, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal sent letters to tech companies, including Amazon and Google, following a report that said they placed advertisements on websites known to host ... (more story)

Apple reportedly ordered to open cloud users' encrypted data to UK government

February 07, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Apple has been asked by the UK government to give it access to the encrypted data of users of its cloud service worldwide, according to media reports today. The UK's Home Office told MLex it can’t comment on i... (more story)