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Intellectual Property

January 14, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Europe, Middle East

‘TurkAegean’ trademark canceled by EUIPO following Greek appeal
Ruble and gas flame

Energy, Trade

January 14, 2025 | Stefano Porciello and Jean Comte

Europe

EU energy plan, roadmap to end Russian imports, both scheduled for Feb. 26

Data Privacy and Security

January 13, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Texas hits Allstate with location-privacy suit in first litigation under law

Antitrust View More

Apple’s success down to healthy competition, it argues in UK mass claim trial

January 14, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Apple’s commercial success is down to healthy competition in the digital marketplace, the company told a UK judge today as it set out its defense against a mass claim over app ecosystem behaviors. Earlier in t... (more story)

MOL, NYK start defense against 'inflated' UK mass claim over car-shipping cartel

January 14, 2025 | Jon Menon

Europe

Japan's NYK and MOL criticized a class representative's methodology for inflating a mass claim as they started their defense against an action over a car-shipping cartel on the second day of a UK trial. The ac... (more story)

Second US FTC staff report says Big 3 PBMs significantly marked up HIV, cancer drugs

January 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The Federal Trade Commission published a second interim staff report on the prescription drug middleman industry, which focuses on pharmacy benefit managers’ influence over specialty generic drug... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Investor Clifford, Google DeepMind's Hassabis to advise UK on AI

January 14, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

Matt Clifford, the AI venture capitalist and author of the action plan intended to transform the UK into an AI superpower, has joined the government as AI Opportunities Advisor, an unpaid role. Google DeepMind... (more story)

Wary of regulation, USPTO AI strategy commits to studies, cautious approach

January 14, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

The US Patent and Trademark Office’s 2025 annual strategy on artificial intelligence lays out the potential risks posed by AI to intellectual property but takes a soft approach, only committing to continued st... (more story)

USPTO releases 2025 annual strategy on artificial intelligence

January 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Patent and Trademark Office committed to extensive studies of concerns around artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights in its annual strategy, as well as planned further ex... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Amcor, Berry filed merger in US on Jan. 6, working on notifications in EU

January 14, 2025

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Packaging companies Amcor and Berry Global submitted their proposed merger for review by US antitrust officials on Jan. 6, according to an offer document filed by Amcor with the US Securities and... (more story)

How can France catch below-threshold mergers? Consultation offers options

January 14, 2025 | Natalie McNelis

Europe

"Killer acquisitions" are in French competition authority's crosshairs with a new consultation to ensure France has the power to review and refer mergers that don’t meet its thresholds for notification. Three ... (more story)

Tools for dealing with below-threshold mergers now open for comments in France

January 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A targeted call-in power, a new mandatory notification criterion for certain companies holding a degree of market power, as well as another third option, are among proposed tools to ensure that n... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US CISA releases AI cybersecurity guidance to enhance collaboration

January 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook today, which aims to help prev... (more story)

Brazil's AGU confirms receipt of Meta response on fact-checking program termination

January 14, 2025

Latin America

MLex Summary: The Brazilian Attorney-General of the Union (AGU) confirmed receiving a response from Meta last night, following a formal request for clarification about the termination of its fact-checking prog... (more story)

Oppo, Realme under scrutiny over pre-installed lending apps in Thailand

January 14, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Chinese smartphone makers Oppo and Realme have been instructed by Thai regulators to remove pre-installed lending apps, such as Fineasy, on their devices and to submit a detailed report to the Pe... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Panasonic, SPT, Xiaomi settle IP disputes with patent license agreement

January 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Panasonic, Sun Patent Trust and Xiaomi have signed a patent license agreement for cellular communication standards after amicable negotiations, according to a statement published today by Panason... (more story)

White House intellectual property report wraps up Biden administration

January 14, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

The White House’s annual intellectual property report to Congress, published yesterday, put a bow on the Biden administration, summarizing the IP work of the executive branch’s agencies. Mostly focusing on out... (more story)

White House publishes annual intellectual property report for Congress

January 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The Biden administration published its final edition of the annual White House intellectual property report for Congress, a publication listing all the IP efforts and initiatives pursued by the e... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

UK's Russia sanctions regime faces key tests as Supreme Court hears challenges

January 14, 2025 | Martin Coyle and Phoebe Seers

Europe

The UK will see its Russian sanctions regime stress-tested this week as the country's top judges hear appeals from billionaire oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler and Russian businessman Sergei Naumenko. The government... (more story)

Gemini Trust ordered by US CFTC to pay $5 million over false statements, omissions

January 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Gemini Trust, a New York trust company, was ordered to pay $5 million for making false or misleading statements or omissions to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The 2017 statements we... (more story)

Standard Chartered whistleblower files US appeal in latest bid to revive lawsuit

January 13, 2025

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Through his company Brutus Trading, former Standard Chartered executive Julian Knight has filed a notice of appeal against a US judge's denial of his attempt to revive a lawsuit alleging that the... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Banks, businesses see Bank of England still undecided on digital pound

January 14, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

Europe

The Bank of England suggested today that a decision on whether to proceed with a digital pound is still two years away. In an update today, the UK’s central bank said a decision would only be made after comple... (more story)

Personal guarantees for UK business loans need 'proper' probe, regulator told

January 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK’s financial services regulator has been asked to dig deeper into the “blanket use” by banks of personal guarantees for small business loans. In a letter to the Financial Conduct Authority'... (more story)

Central banks will see BIS Innovation Hub focus on supervision, green finance in 2025

January 14, 2025

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

MLex Summary: The first two new projects of the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub this year will explore AI-based tools supporting supervision and green finance, according to its work program f... (more story)

Trade View More

EU medical-device suppliers face discrimination on China’s public procurement market

January 14, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

Europe

China limits the access of EU medical devices to its government contracts "in an unfair and discriminatory way," the European Commission said in a report today. It warned Beijing that it might follow with puni... (more story)

China shutting out EU medical device makers through 'unfair' procurement rules

January 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: There is evidence that China’s public procurement rules unfairly discriminate against EU medical device makers, the European Commission said in a report issued today. China is limiting EU produce... (more story)

EU voices concern over new US export control on AI chips

January 14, 2025

Europe

The EU has voiced concerns over new US restrictions on AI chip exports to certain member states, according to a statement by the bloc’s digital and trade chiefs, Henna Virkkunen and Maroš Šefčovič. The commiss... (more story)

State Aid View More

Ryanair’s appeals of re-approved Italian Covid aid published by EU court

January 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU General Court today released summaries of appeals by Ryanair against an earlier decision to readopt Italian support to airlines to compensate them for damages triggered by the Covid pandem... (more story)

Italgas files 2i Rete Gas deal for EU foreign subsidy approval

January 10, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

Italian gas distributor Italgas has sought EU foreign subsidy clearance to buy its smaller rival 2i Rete Gas. The European Commission has set a Feb. 13 deadline to decide on the deal.

Rectify FSR measures against Chinese companies, its industry lobby urges EU

January 09, 2025

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: China’s Chamber of Commerce to the EU has called on the bloc to “promptly rectify its improper measures under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.” The statement followed an announcement in which Mo... (more story)

Energy View More

EU F-gas ban exemption for certain equipment published in Official Journal

January 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: An exemption allowing the use of fluorinated gases, or F-gases, in certain self-contained refrigeration equipment for another 18 months was published in the EU's Official Journal today. Certain s... (more story)

Heavy-duty vehicle makers see details on emissions verification published in EU

January 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: New EU rules for the in-service verification of CO2 emissions of heavy-duty vehicles were today issued in the Official Journal. They set out detailed procedures, in line with guiding principles a... (more story)

Firms' climate plans can help address financial stability risks, FSB says

January 14, 2025

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

MLex Summary: Climate transition plans can enhance financial stability assessments by identifying adjustments that non-financial companies and financial institutions may need to face climate risks, according t... (more story)

Technology View More

EU probe of Musk's X could expand after political intervention, Virkkunen says

January 14, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Platforms such as Elon Musk's X need to take responsibility for their content and put in place measures to mitigate risks of political interference, the EU’s digital chief said. Asked in a media interview abou... (more story)

AI law, content controls and privacy fines on Japan’s 2025 agenda

January 13, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

In response to the growing misuse of personal data and artificial intelligence, Japan’s digital regulation regime is expected to tighten this year with a proposed AI bill, the enforcement of content takedowns ... (more story)

Google says Texas-led states have 'no basis for extreme sanctions' in US adtech suit

January 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Google told a US federal judge there's “no basis for the extreme and sparingly used sanctions” sought by a multistate coalition led by Texas accusing the tech giant of destroying internal employe... (more story)