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Intellectual Property

July 08, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

BioNTech, Pfizer defeat Promosome Covid-19 vaccine patent lawsuit at UPC
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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

July 07, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Merging US railroads accuse rivals of sabotaging divestiture efforts

Antitrust View More

Mastercard, Visa face UK lawsuits from Radisson Hotel, other claimants

July 08, 2026 | Jon Menon and Lewis Crofts

Europe

Mastercard and Visa are facing fresh lawsuits from Radisson Hotel Heathrow and other claimants, listings filed at the High Court in London show. The payment card giants have faced several competition damages c... (more story)

Booking seeks end to Greek dominance-probe through commitments

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Accommodation platform Booking has proposed voluntary changes to assuage concerns raised by the Hellenic Competition Commission in a probe over a potential abuse of market power. The Greek author... (more story)

Sanofi commitments offered in EU probe of flu vaccine

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Sanofi has offered to make changes over how it communicates about a rival flu vaccine, as part of commitments designed to address a European Commission antitrust case. The EU concerns focus on su... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

AI sector in UK needs sovereign strategy to avoid tech cutoff, lawmakers say

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: AI and other critical technology companies in the UK need a clear strategy on sovereign capabilities to avoid being left dependent on foreign partners, a UK parliamentary committee said in a repo... (more story)

Japan begins survey of publishers in AI news-distribution study

July 08, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

The Japanese antitrust agency has begun surveying news publishers to examine how Google, OpenAI and other companies offering news search and summary services powered by artificial intelligence use publishers' ... (more story)

Australian report finds no broad AI-disruption to jobs market

July 08, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The Australian government's first-of-its-kind report on artificial intelligence and employment has found no evidence that AI is causing widespread disruption or large-scale job losses. The report... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Decathlon's Intersport assets purchase wins conditional Spanish approval

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Decathlon has secured conditional approval to acquire 18 Intersport assets in Spain, the country’s watchdog said. In addition to commitments offered by the retailer, the CNMC required Decathlon t... (more story)

Dutech's takeover of Dutch bicycle maker Accell cleared by German regulator

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Singaporean bike maker Dutech's acquisition of Dutch rival Accell has been cleared by Germany’s competition authority. Dutech would still face competition from “a sufficient number of important p... (more story)

SAP wins German approval to take over Dremio, Prior Labs

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany's largest software company SAP has won approval to take over Dremio and Prior Labs, the national competition authority said on Wednesday, clearing the deals in the first merger control ph... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

UK privacy watchdog faces governance review after Edwards turmoil, minister says

July 08, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The UK privacy regulator's internal culture and governance face a review after a probe into former Information Commissioner John Edwards found evidence of sexual harassment and bullying, tech minister Liz Kend... (more story)

Digital euro talks face EU Parliament vote after right-wing challenge

July 08, 2026 | Helena Freitas

Europe

EU lawmakers will vote Thursday on whether to confirm the European Parliament’s mandate to start digital euro negotiations with member states, after three right-wing groups formally challenged the committee po... (more story)

NIS2 transposition failures by four countries are referred to top EU court

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Ireland, Spain, France and The Netherlands were today referred to the Court of Justice of the EU after failing to notify the full transposition of the bloc's NIS2 cybersecurity directive into nat... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Meta subject to French antitrust injunction in dispute with publishers (update*)

July 08, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Meta Platforms must negotiate with press publishers over remuneration for using their content and provide them with the necessary information, according to interim measures adopted on Wednesday by the French c... (more story)

China clarifies standards for post-filed experimental data in Pfizer patent challenge

July 08, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's patent regulator has clarified the standards for evaluating post-filed experimental data in pharmaceutical patent challenges, citing a landmark Pfizer drug patent case to explain how such evidence shou... (more story)

Japan court rejects patent on technology that makes robots seem alive

July 08, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan's Intellectual Property High Court has upheld the rejection of a patent application for technology designed to make robots appear more lifelike by simulating subtle involuntary human eye movements, findi... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

New illegal cryptoasset businesses added to French regulator's blacklist

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: France's financial markets regulator has added a slew of websites to its blacklist of unauthorized cryptoasset companies, bringing the total to 38 so far this year. The additions comprise website... (more story)

Poland, Lithuania, Slovenia, Cyprus told to incorporate EU money laundering rules

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Poland, Lithuania, Slovenia and Cyprus must correctly transpose EU rules for combating money laundering into their respective national laws within two months or they could face a formal written w... (more story)

US Fed issues draft AML plan to align with that of other agencies

July 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Federal Reserve requested comment on a proposal to change its requirements for banks to maintain anti-money laundering programs. The amendments are intended to align with similar changes sepa... (more story)

Financial Services View More

France, Latvia, Spain must notify measures under EU financial cybersecurity rules

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: France, Latvia and Spain have had infringement procedures opened against them for failing to notify national measures under Article 53 of the Digital Operational Resilience Act, the European Comm... (more story)

FSB official says banks replying to AI proposal should focus on materiality

July 07, 2026 | Neil Roland

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

Financial institutions across the world should focus on materiality and proportionality in their use of AI in responding to a Financial Stability Board consultation, FSB official Michelle Bowman said. The cons... (more story)

US SEC forms new retail fraud working group

July 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced the creation of the Retail Fraud Working Group designed to strengthen the Division of Enforcement's efforts to identify and combat fraud target... (more story)

Trade View More

US Commerce to allow duty-free imports of Moroccan fertilizers

July 07, 2026

Africa, Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Commerce, in accordance with a June 29 emergency declaration from President Donald Trump, will temporarily lift the antisubsidy duty order on Moroccan phosphate fertilizers.

Algerian wire rods subsidized, US Commerce finds

July 07, 2026

Africa, North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Commerce preliminarily determined that producers and exporters of carbon and alloy steel wire rods from Algeria were subsidized.

US revokes license allowing Iranian crude sales, allows wind-down transactions

July 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) revoked an authorization for Iran to make sales of its crude oil, and for payments to be made in US dollars. In its place, OFA... (more story)

State Aid View More

Ryanair loses two EU lower court challenges over Italian Covid airline aid

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Ryanair has lost two EU court challenges to the European Commission's approval of aid granted by Italy to compensate airlines for damage caused by the Covid pandemic. Judges at the EU General Cou... (more story)

EU competition policy needs tweaks to suit today's world, lawmakers urge

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU competition policy should promote EU champions, improve the bloc's strategic autonomy and clamp down on US giants, members of the European Parliament said in a non-binding report approved on T... (more story)

EU foreign-subsidy rules need China-focused overhaul, metals lobby leader says

July 07, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

The EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation should be overhauled to better address systematic Chinese subsidies in sectors such as metals, the director general of industry group European Metals told MLex. James Wats... (more story)

Energy View More

Greece told to comply with EU rules for F-gas technicians within two months

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Greece must comply with EU rules on the mutual recognition of certificates for fluorinated greenhouse gas technicians within two months or it could face a formal written warning that it is failin... (more story)

​Energy installations unlawfully restricted by 11 EU states, commission says

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Eleven EU member states are facing European Commission legal action over restrictions on energy-related installation and construction services. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Hungary, Latvia... (more story)

Higher LNG imports needed for EU to hit winter gas-storage target, watchdog says

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU will need liquefied natural gas imports to rise by around 13 percent from 2025 levels to meet summer demand and reach its 90 percent gas-storage target before winter, the Agency for the Co... (more story)

Technology View More

Malaysia, Singapore recast sovereign AI around policy choices

July 08, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

Malaysia’s and Singapore's national strategies suggest that, for smaller economies, sovereign AI is becoming less about technological self-sufficiency than about combining targeted domestic capabilities with g... (more story)

India's WhatsApp intervention tests the boundaries of platform regulation

July 08, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's proposed suspension of WhatsApp's usernames feature tests whether existing law permits government intervention in product design before deployment. This raises broader questions about executive authori... (more story)

Belgian copyright regime exceeds EU law, EU court told

July 07, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

The European Commission told the EU's highest court on Tuesday that Belgium’s legislation that allows payments to artists and performers goes beyond what’s allowed under EU law, undermines the bloc's harmonize... (more story)