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United States Patent and Trademark Office Madison Building, in Alexandria, Virginia

Intellectual Property

March 21, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

US PTAB says layoffs on horizon for judges, staff
Vietnamese woman taking on moblie phone on street in Hanoi, Vietnam

Data Privacy and Security

March 21, 2025 | Hoa Dinh

Asia

Vietnam's latest draft data-protection law proposes up to 5 percent fines
Niamh Hodnett

Data Privacy and Security, Technology

March 21, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Age assurance is key in upcoming Irish online safety enforcement, regulator says

Antitrust View More

NHL urges judge to throw out case alleging antitrust conspiracy

March 22, 2025 | Alex Wilts

North America

The National Hockey League, or NHL, pushed back against allegations today that it was a “ringmaster” of an unlawful conspiracy that led to young hockey players being denied the freedom to choose where they played.

Novartis AG moves to dismiss US states' antitrust claims over generic drugs

March 21, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Novartis AG told a US judge that it doesn't belong in an antitrust case filed by a group of state attorneys general over an alleged generic drug pricing-fixing conspiracy, arguing a lack of perso... (more story)

Third Party Litigation Funding not strongly regulated in the EU, study finds

March 21, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: There is "no specific regulation" for Third Party Litigation Funding in most EU countries, according to a study commissioned by the EU Commission and published today. The document tries to give a... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

US Commerce’s role creating standards not going away, former Deputy Graves says

March 21, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

The US Department of Commerce is likely going to maintain its central role in tech policy — creating standards and entering into agreements — with a sharpened focus on national security under President Donald ... (more story)

AI developers, right holders see feedback on EU template for model training data

March 21, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

AI developers and right holders saw the European Commission present today the aggregate feedback to its preliminary approach to the template that providers will need to use to detail the datasets employed for ... (more story)

Alphabet reports acquisition of Galileo AI

March 21, 2025 | Jean Comte

Europe

Alphabet has told EU regulators it has acquired Galileo AI, a US startup that produces User Interface using artificial intelligence. Alphabet, which is the parent company of Google, reported the deal to the Eu... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

US FTC, DOJ have looked beyond DC federal court for recent merger challenges

March 21, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

US antitrust agencies have been filing fewer merger lawsuits in Washington, DC, which has increased trial expenses and tasked less-experienced courts with some of the federal government’s biggest, most sophist... (more story)

SES-Intelsat deal receives green light in Brazil

March 21, 2025

Latin America

MLex Summary: The Brazilian competition authority has published its clearance of SES' proposed acquisition of Intelsat in the country's official journal. The agency approved the deal without conditions.

USW continues pushback against US Steel-Nippon Steel deal amid lobbying efforts

March 21, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Steel and Nippon Steel have continued to pursue their proposed transaction by lobbying the Trump administration and filing lawsuits against United Steelworkers, according to a statement from U... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta use of personal data for direct marketing subject to objections, UK regulator says

March 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms’ use of personal data for direct marketing purposes and profiling related to those purposes should be subject to objections by users opposed to such processing, the UK data privacy... (more story)

Zuckerberg deposition over privacy decision-making sought in Meta Pixel case

March 21, 2025 | Xu Yuan

North America

Plaintiffs suing Meta Platforms over the use of its Pixel tracking tool have asked to depose CEO Mark Zuckerberg because he’s privy to the company’s decision-making for implementing privacy protections.

US FCC opens new investigation into China-aligned entities

March 21, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced that the agency has launched an investigation into the ongoing US operations of China-aligned businesses whose equipment or se... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

UPC rules it has no say on national patent validity, infringement case proceeds

March 21, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The European Union's Unified Patent Court said today that it lacks jurisdiction to determine the validity of national designations of a European patent but retains jurisdiction over infringement claims within ... (more story)

UPC rules on jurisdiction in Mul-T-Lock v IMC Créations patent dispute

March 21, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Unified Patent Court has upheld its jurisdiction over IMC Créations’ infringement claims against two Mul-T-Lock subsidiaries concerning patent EP 4,153,830 in EU member states and Switzerland... (more story)

Huawei wins appeal, EPO board overturns patent rejection citing violations

March 21, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

An appellate European Patent Office board has ruled in Huawei's favor, overturning an earlier decision that rejected its patent application for a data migration method. The board found that the original decisi... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Tornado Cash delisting follows US Fifth Circuit decision limiting sanctions' reach

March 21, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The removal of Tornado Cash from the US sanctions list follows a US appellate court decision last year that had limited the reach of the measures targeting the cryptocurrency-transaction anonymizing service. T... (more story)

Tornado Cash removed from US sanctions list

March 21, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department has removed sanctions on Tornado Cash, citing a review of the legal and policy issues raised by their use against financial and commercial activity occurring within evo... (more story)

Former Cognizant executive’s new lawyers seek ‘reasonable’ delay of US trial

March 20, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A former executive of Cognizant Technology Solutions facing corruption charges has hired new lawyers, who asked for a “reasonable” adjournment of his trial scheduled to begin early next month. The executive's ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

On EU-level financial supervision, leaders make steps but uncertainty remains

March 21, 2025 | Fanny Roux

Europe

Regulatory changes to EU financial services are needed to “create truly integrated and deeper European capital markets, by achieving the Capital Markets Union as a matter of urgency,” EU leaders concluded at t... (more story)

EU race for bond consolidated tape enters final phase

March 21, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

Tech company Etrading Software and Bondtape — a partnership comprising Finbourne and Propellant Digital — have both made it through the initial selection process to run the EU bond consolidated tape. The Europ... (more story)

‘Pure protection’ market comes under closer scrutiny from UK FCA

March 21, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has opened a market study into the sale of four “pure protection” products — term assurance, critical illness cover, income protection insurance and whole-of-... (more story)

Trade View More

US trade court sustains Commerce on antisubsidy review of steel from South Korea

March 21, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of International Trade today sustained a third remand by the US Department of Commerce for an antisubsidy review on corrosion-resistant steel from South Korea, ruling against a US-based steel prod... (more story)

US CIT sustains antisubsidy remand on corrosion-resistant steel from South Korea

March 21, 2025

North America

MLex summary: The US Court of International Trade sustained the US Department of Commerce's third remand on an antisubsidy review for corrosion-resistant steel from South Korea. Chief Judge Mark Barnett said i... (more story)

Johnson & Johnson announces $55 billion US investment

March 21, 2025

North America

MLex summary: Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson will invest $55 billion in manufacturing in the US over the next four years, the latest company to make a large investment in America as President Donald Tr... (more story)

State Aid View More

EU court saw significant increase in new cases last year, stats show

March 21, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The year 2024 was ''extraordinary'' both in terms of new cases filed to the EU's Court of Justice and in the number of cases completed by the institution as a whole, the court said when publishin... (more story)

Czech strategic-equipment sector to get boost under aid plan cleared in EU

March 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Czech government has won approval for its plan to grant 960 million euros to spur investment in the production of equipment relevant for the transition to a climate-neutral economy, such as b... (more story)

New Czech rental-housing support plan cleared in EU

March 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Czechia has secured approval for its plan to spend 90 million euros to back the construction or reconstruction and acquisition of affordable rental housing, the European Commission said today. Th... (more story)

Energy View More

European Energy Storage Inventory interactive tool introduced

March 21, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Energy Storage Inventory is the EU's new interactive tool that offers real-time data on sustainable energy storage, the European Commission has said. The platform shows all forms of ... (more story)

Trump signs order invoking emergency powers to boost critical minerals production

March 20, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

President Donald Trump today signed an executive order that invoked emergency powers granted through the Defense Production Act to boost production of critical minerals, a key national security issue for the White House.

Trump signs order to boost critical minerals production

March 20, 2025

North America

MLex summary: President Donald Trump signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to accelerate critical minerals production. Trump, who has made boosting critical minerals access for the US a... (more story)

Technology View More

Online advertising companies await moves from EU to address transparency

March 21, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Online advertising companies, Big Tech platforms, and publishers are eager to see the next steps by the European Commission on how EU regulators should tackle online ads that spread illegal content. It’s still... (more story)

Star Stable Entertainment’s impact on children comes under EU-led scrutiny

March 21, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The impact on children of Star Stable Entertainment AB, a games studio, is under scrutiny by the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network, said the European Commission, which is coordinating the e... (more story)

Lessons from a Japanese fiasco on AI tool for child abuse detection

March 21, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

The Japanese Children and Families Agency's recent decision to delay the national rollout of an artificial intelligence tool designed to detect child abuse has highlighted important lessons for Japan, where th... (more story)