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MLex Summary: Italy’s competition authority has released its activity report for 2025, saying it closed 21 investigations and imposed €1.4 billion in fines. The AGCM's key cases targeted digital markets, inclu... (more story)

Mastercard’s agreements with major merchants were a form of “competition on the merits,” an Australian court heard on Tuesday, as the payment-services provider rejected the competition regulator’s allegations ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Teva Pharmaceuticals was granted partial dismissal of third-party payors’ amended US antitrust claims accusing it of illegally delaying a generic competitor for multiple sclerosis-treatment drug ... (more story)

China’s top court has upheld a ruling finding an agricultural-inputs company liable for trademark infringement after its well-known branding overshadowed a smaller fertilizer manufacturer’s registered mark.

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court overturned a Japan Patent Office decision invalidating a key CRISPR patent held by the Broad Institute, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard College, f... (more story)

Singapore AI firm Nanonoble argued Friday that the Walt Disney Company’s contributory copyright infringement claims against it should be dismissed given the Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications v. So... (more story)

Security scanner company Nuctech told judges on Tuesday that EU officials had forced it to hand over digital information "under duress," even though it risked breaking China's data security law. The EU court i... (more story)

MLex Summary: Punitive dumping duties of up to 42.7 percent in place on imports of citric acid from China are now under review, to find out whether their expiry would lead to continued dumping and harm to the ... (more story)

MLex Summary: The European Commission said it welcomes the political agreement reached Monday night between the European Parliament and member states on the measure to protect the EU steelmaking sector against... (more story)

MLex Summary: Roblox will roll out new age-segmented accounts — Roblox Kids and Roblox Select — introducing mandatory age checks, restricted chat features and expanded parental controls to enhance protections ... (more story)

MLex Summary: China’s Cyberspace Administration has issued a new administrative directive to tighten oversight of tipping in livestreaming, aiming to standardize profit-making practices and promote compliant p... (more story)

MLex Summary: Beijing authorities have launched a six-month campaign to strengthen online protections for minors, with the city’s cyberspace regulator coordinating with more than 10 departments including educa... (more story)