Plans to tackle restrictions on cross-border sales of branded goods within the EU are developing, but each of four policy options being explored comes with significant trade-offs. A closer look at the proposal... (more story)

MLex Summary: The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Monday said it issued 15 legal measures in fiscal 2025, including 11 cease and desist orders and four approvals of commitment plans, as it targeted price cartel... (more story)

China's latest platform-economy blueprint sets out a three-year framework for strengthening coordination among large, medium-sized and small enterprises, with measures ranging from platform-opening lists and r... (more story)

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court upheld a refusal by the Japan Patent Office to register the shape of a baby fork as a 3D trademark, finding that consumers would see the design as functional rather tha... (more story)

A Chinese court has ruled that software interface design can be protected under the Anti-Unfair Competition Law even when it falls outside the scope of copyright and trade-dress protection.

MLex Summary: The Japan Fair Trade Commission and the Cabinet Office's Intellectual Property Strategy Promotion Secretariat issued guidelines on Monday for the film and anime industries, clarifying how antitru... (more story)

MLex Summary: China's Ministry of Finance has banned all government procurement from 46 US companies, prohibiting Chinese government entities from purchasing their products effective Monday. The blacklist incl... (more story)

MLex Summary: China's commerce ministry on Monday added 10 US entities to its export-control list, banning Chinese companies from exporting dual-use items to them without approval and prohibiting third parties... (more story)

MLex Summary: EU leaders called for faster deployment of the bloc's trade and economic-security tools, alongside efforts to lower energy prices and strengthen industrial competitiveness. In the conclusions to ... (more story)

Websites already have plenty of ways to track visitors. Now security researchers have unearthed another: inferring what sites and apps users open by measuring tiny delays in their computer’s storage drive, wit... (more story)

MLex Summaries: Porn website operator First Time Videos has been fined £80,000 by UK regulator Ofcom for not having the legally required age checks in place. The watchdog also set out a provisional view that i... (more story)

India's temporary blocking of messaging platform Telegram has received judicial backing, with the Delhi High Court ruling on Friday that the restriction until June 22 was lawful, proportionate and necessary to... (more story)