MLex Summary: The World Federation of Advertisers announced that it has reached a settlement with X Corp. to resolve claims that it engaged in a group boycott to withhold advertising revenue from X’s platform.... (more story)

Meta Platforms has lost its bid to appeal a competition court ruling which cleared a UK mass claimant’s pursuit of “user damages" over alleged anticompetitive data practices linked to its Facebook social-media... (more story)

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms has failed in its latest bid to halt a UK mass claimant’s bid to pursue “user damages" for tens of millions of Facebook users in her suit alleging anticompetitive data practices by... (more story)

Employee mobility and growing collaboration have already elevated the strategic importance of trade secrets and process patents across the life sciences industry. A new US Food and Drug Administration proposal... (more story)

Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee has won a landmark trademark appeal in Thailand after the country's appellate court upheld a ruling that lawyers say reshapes how Thai courts address bad-faith trademark registrations.

The Ghostbusters movie helped dismantle a procedural barrier in Indian trademark law after the Delhi High Court ruled that procedural rules cannot be used to narrow statutory trademark rights, reducing the imp... (more story)

Europe's battery industry has enough production capacity to support stricter "Made in Europe" requirements under the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act, according to a paper by sustainable transport lobby gro... (more story)

MLex Summary: The European Commission has ordered customs authorities to register imports of lysine from China as part of a re-opened dumping investigation, allowing potential punitive duties to be applied ret... (more story)

US tariffs have so far caused limited damage to the global and European economies, a German central bank report shows. Euro-area output is projected to remain slightly below its pre-tariff path, while the dive... (more story)

South Korea could consider requiring parental consent for children around age 14 to join social-media platforms, its communications regulator said Wednesday. Korea Media and Communications Commission Chair Kim... (more story)

MLex Summary: The Indonesian government is in the final stages of drafting regulations governing app-based goods and food delivery services, which will be regulated separately from ride-hailing passenger trans... (more story)

X Corp. has urged Australia to abandon or substantially revise legislation that would strengthen enforcement of the country’s under-16 social media ban, arguing it gives the eSafety Commissioner overly broad i... (more story)