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Japan seeks public input as it retools IP strategy for AI era, global standards push December 01, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan has opened a public consultation on its next intellectual property strategy, signaling the government is grappling with how to retool its IP framework for an economy increasingly shaped by data, digital ... (more story)

China prepares stopgap AI rulebook amid caution over broad legislation December 01, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s internet authorities are weighing a stopgap AI rulebook while a full law remains on hold, MLex has learned. The Cyberspace Administration of China, the country’s top internet regulator, is spearheading... (more story)

Beijing AI industry set to top $64 billion as China pushes tech drive December 01, 2025 | Yonnex Li

Beijing's artificial intelligence sector is on track to exceed 450 billion yuan ($64 billion) in industrial output this year, cementing the Chinese capital's position as China's primary AI hub amid intensifyin... (more story)

Japan subsidies to help Micron expand Hiroshima plants for AI-grade memory chips December 01, 2025 | Jeyup S Kwaak

Japan’s subsidy program appears to be attracting substantial new investment into its aging semiconductor sector, with US chipmaker Micron Technology reportedly preparing a 1.5 trillion yen ($9.6 billion) expan... (more story)

Beijing signals tougher AI, cybersecurity enforcement as amended law nears November 28, 2025 | MLex Staff

Beijing will tighten oversight of artificial intelligence and other fast-moving technologies under its newly amended Cybersecurity Law, a senior internet official said Friday, with additional plans to strength... (more story)

Brazil's competition chief highlights AI challenges for antitrust enforcement November 28, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazil’s competition authority president Gustavo Augusto de Lima highlighted bottlenecks and risks linked to artificial intelligence, warning that the technology is reshaping investigations and creating struct... (more story)

WhatsApp’s block of AI chatbots draws antitrust complaints in Brazil November 27, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Meta’s move to block AI chatbots from WhatsApp has drawn formal antitrust complaints and an injunction request in Brazil, according to the country’s competition authority. On Wednesday it shared the complaint ... (more story)

Shanghai to tighten oversight of online healthcare companies with new guidelines November 27, 2025 | MLex Staff

Shanghai authorities are moving to tighten oversight of online healthcare companies with new guidelines aimed at strengthening cybersecurity and personal-data protection compliance frameworks. Jointly issued b... (more story)

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AI investment race tests South Korea's resolve to keep finance and industry apart December 01, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

South Korea’s decades-old rule separating financial and industrial capital is under renewed scrutiny as companies warn it blocks the scale of investment needed for AI and semiconductors. Antitrust chief Ju Biu... (more story)

RealPage, US landlords’ antitrust settlements not end of algorithmic pricing risks November 28, 2025 | Chris May, Khushita Vasant and Alex Wilts

The US Department of Justice’s proposed settlement with RealPage this week is the latest in a string of deals involving antitrust enforcers, landlords and a poster child for concerns about the impact of algori... (more story)

UK's sovereign AI ambitions rest on foreign investment, not low regulation November 27, 2025 | Frank Hersey

The UK government wants a series of low-regulation AI "growth zones" to attract investment and be a key plank in its ambitions to use the technology to drive economic growth, but much of the private investment... (more story)

To bridge IP divide, WIPO board of judges plan agenda to aid developing jurisdictions November 27, 2025 | Freny Patel

Underscoring the World Intellectual Property Organization Advisory Board of Judges’ mission to bridge the gap between highly advanced IP jurisdictions and those that need support, the board is finalizing a two... (more story)

EU plans for digital rules dominate key data protection conference agenda November 21, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Sara Brandstätter

Immediate questions about the European Commission's plans to revise its digital laws to make them simpler and cut red tape dominated a key annual Brussels gathering of data protection professionals. But while ... (more story)

South Korea leans on AI to revive small factories despite challenges November 21, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups recently unveiled a nationwide initiative to help small manufacturers cope with demographic and economic pressures by adopting artificial intelligence. The AI-Based ... (more story)

EU AI Act delays and changes open door to a long string of odd questions November 19, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Proposed amendments to the EU's AI Act would delay key high-risk obligations, centralize enforcement and introduce new legal bases for AI data training. But the package published by the European Commission on ... (more story)

EU's revised personal data definition sparks debate over GDPR enforcement November 19, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Sara Brandstätter

EU regulators’ proposal to change the definition of personal data in the bloc’s landmark privacy law isn’t just raising hackles with privacy activists for undermining privacy protection; it’s also underscoring... (more story)