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Intellectual Property

December 19, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

US Copyright Office finalizes group registration of 2D artworks

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

December 19, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Saipem, Subsea7 amend merger paperwork in Brazil, restarting deadline
Brazil. 6th Oct, 2021. In this photo illustration the Roblox logo seen displayed on a smartphone.

Data Privacy and Security, Technology

December 19, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Roblox hit by fourth US state, Tennessee, on child-safety claims

Antitrust View More

Botex competition ruling to be reviewed, Danish watchdog says

December 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A ruling that Danish home-textiles chain Botex did not breach competition law will be reviewed before assessing the next steps to take, the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority said. In a st... (more story)

Apple to appeal Italian antitrust fine over app tracking

December 22, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst and Anna Ferrari

Europe

Apple has said it will challenge a €98 million Italian antitrust fine imposed earlier on Monday over its privacy prompt asking users to consent to apps collecting and sharing their data with others. The App Tr... (more story)

Naturgy’s UFD unit fined in Spain for exclusionary conduct on power meters

December 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Naturgy Group's power-distribution business UFD has been fined more than 5 million euros by Spain's antitrust enforcer, for hindering other companies from installing electricity meters over a per... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

New York governor signs AI transparency legislation into law

December 22, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed transparency legislation into law that requires large AI developers to create and publish information about their safety protocols and report incidents t... (more story)

First enforcement of election law on AI deepfakes reported in South Korea

December 22, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s election management agency on Monday reported the first enforcement case under a law governing the use of artificial intelligence-aided deepfake videos in election affairs, since th... (more story)

AMD nears China rollout of AI chip as Alibaba weighs major order

December 22, 2025

Asia, North America

AMD’s China-compliant AI accelerator is nearing commercial rollout, with Chinese technology companies and cloud-service providers weighing orders, MLex has learned. Alibaba Group plans to buy about 40,000 to 5... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Paramount amends $30/share offer for WBD

December 22, 2025

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Paramount Skydance today amended its $30 per share all-cash offer for Warner Bros. Discovery to address WBD's concerns. Among the changes, Larry Ellison has agreed to provide an irrevocable perso... (more story)

Sprengnetter withdraws Immounited, Lexunited deal in Austria

December 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Real-estate company Sprengnetter has withdrawn the notification of its plan to acquire sole control over Immounited and Lexunited, the Austrian competition authority said on Friday. In June, the ... (more story)

Vandemoortele, Délifrance proposals may resolve concerns, UK’s CMA says

December 22, 2025 | Jon Menon

Europe

Belgium’s Vandemoortele has gained provisional UK approval to buy Délifrance after the companies offered to divest certain assets to ease antitrust concerns over the supply of frozen bakery products. The compa... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

ING Bank paid €400,000 fine for violating EU’s data protection rules in Spain

December 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: ING Bank has paid a €400,000 fine for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, the Spanish Data Protection Agency said on Monday. The bank failed to ensure the security of personal ... (more story)

Pleas in French lawmaker's appeal against EU-US data transfer deal published

December 22, 2025

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: A French lawmaker has asked EU judges to annul the European Commission's 2023 decision declaring that the EU-US Data Privacy Framework provides an "adequate level of protection of personal data" ... (more story)

Telefónica Móviles fined €300,000 for GDPR data breach in Spain

December 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Telefónica Móviles, which operates under the brand name Movistar, was fined €300,000 for breaching the EU’s GDPR data protection rules, the Spanish Data Protection Agency said on Monday. The mobi... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Polidoro wins UPC injunction against Bekaert over gas burner patent

December 22, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The Unfied Patent Court has granted Polidoro an injunction against Bekaert over a gas burner patent, rejecting revocation claims and finding only one challenged design infringing after assessing claim interpre... (more story)

Brexit-linked new-year cliff edge looms for cloned UK trademarks

December 22, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

From Jan. 1, 2026, holders of UK trademarks which sit on the register as “clones” of EU-registered marks will have to prove that they've been consistently used in the UK in the five years since Brexit, or leav... (more story)

China's top court moves to codify test for abusive patent suits in draft judicial rules

December 22, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s top court has proposed formal criteria for determining when a patent-infringement lawsuit amounts to “malicious” litigation, aiming to curb the abuse of legal proceedings to harass competitors or derail key deals.

Financial Crime View More

Indicators of foreign bribery published by international taskforce

December 22, 2025

Europe, North America, Oceania

MLex Summary: The UK Serious Fraud Office working with law enforcement partners across several jurisdictions, has published guidance to help businesses, professionals and the public identify potential indicato... (more story)

Smartmatic US bribery trial delayed to January 2027

December 19, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Asia, North America

The US corruption trial of Smartmatic, its co-founder and a former executive, has been rescheduled to January 2027. The judge said she would not grant further extensions of pretrial deadlines, or the trial dat... (more story)

Former Pennsylvania coal executive shouldn't get bribery trial delay, US says

December 19, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The February 2026 bribery trial of a former Pennsylvania coal sales executive should not be delayed, prosecutors said Friday, opposing his request for an adjournment to allow for a potential second review of the case.

Financial Services View More

EU cross-border investment market saw fewer firms, more retail clients last year

December 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Fewer firms provided cross-border investment services in 2024, but far more retail clients used them, EU financial markets watchdog ESMA has said. A report published on Monday covers data from 30... (more story)

Indonesia regulator intensifies digital-bank oversight

December 22, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: The Indonesian Financial Services Authority, or OJK, said Friday that it has set up a new division called the Digital Banking Supervision Directorate, which will begin operating in 2026 as part o... (more story)

Indonesia issues crypto trader whitelist, sets penalties for illegal trading

December 22, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority, or OJK, which oversees the country’s banking and financial services industry, has issued a whitelist of authorized digital financial asset traders, as we... (more story)

Trade View More

EU Commission calls Chinese duties imposed on EU dairy ‘unjustified’

December 22, 2025 | Cynthia Kroet

Asia, Europe

The European Commission called China’s plans - announced on Monday - to impose provisional duties on imports of dairy products from the EU “unjustified.” It will provide comments to the Chinese authorities by ... (more story)

Indonesia signs free trade agreement with Eurasian block to expand trade

December 22, 2025 | Roffie Kuniawan

Asia, Europe

Indonesia signed a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union on the sidelines of the trade bloc’s summit in St. Petersburg over the weekend, as Jakarta steps up efforts to expand market access and ... (more story)

China unveils preliminary anti-subsidy ruling on EU dairy imports

December 22, 2025

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce on Monday unveiled its preliminary anti-subsidy ruling on certain dairy products imported from the EU. The investigation, launched on Aug. 21, 2024, preliminarily fou... (more story)

State Aid View More

Czech funding for TV firms incompatible with state aid rules, EU watchdog says

December 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Czech government's planned €18 million support for three digital terrestrial television infrastructure operators, České Radiokomunikace, Digital Broadcasting and Česká televize, was incompati... (more story)

France secures EU approval for €20bn electricity supply security aid

December 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: France has won approval from the European Commission for a €20 billion reform of its electricity capacity mechanism aimed at ensuring security of supply during winter peak periods. The program, w... (more story)

Czech plan for two new nuclear units draws EU state aid probe

December 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Czechia's plan to build two new nuclear power units at the Dukovany site has drawn an in-depth probe from EU state aid regulators. The European Commission said on Monday that it had doubts as to ... (more story)

Energy View More

EU energy regulator approves 30-minute intraday power market closure from 2026

December 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A plan to shorten the closing time of cross-border intraday electricity trading from 60 to 30 minutes before delivery has been approved by the EU energy regulator. The move is intended to allow t... (more story)

UK AI Energy Council calls for ‘SWOT team’ on regulatory, planning complexity

December 18, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

Members of a group to address the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence in the UK, which includes Google, Microsoft, and power companies, want the government to create a “SWOT team” to help navigat... (more story)

EU opens 12-week consultation on planned revisions to energy and climate policy

December 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Professionals, experts and other interested parties have until March 12, 2026, to provide their views on the planned revision of the EU's 2018 Governance Regulation on the Energy Union and Climat... (more story)

Technology View More

Google, Epic Games file status report on US injunction compliance

December 20, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Google and Epic Games submitted a status report on the implementation of the injunction issued in their US antitrust dispute, saying they don't have any present disputes regarding Google’s compli... (more story)

DOJ's Ticketmaster monopoly trial should be kept under five weeks, US judge says

December 20, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Trial in the Live Nation and Ticketmaster monopolization lawsuit, brought by the US Department of Justice and multiple states and territories, ought to be limited to four or five weeks, a US federal judge said.

Mass. high court considers Section 230 protections as few other courts do

December 19, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

State attorneys general across the US have largely won against motions to dismiss lawsuits claiming the design choices made by social media companies are harmful and addictive; however, the Supreme Judicial Co... (more story)