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Novo Nordisk suffers dual semaglutide patent setbacks in Europe October 26, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Novo Nordisk has lost a European semaglutide patent with the European Patent Office's Board of Appeal in a decision published Monday rejecting the Wegovy and Ozempic-maker's eleventh-hour effort to amend its c... (more story)

EU officials urge closer cooperation as counterfeit detentions hit all-time high October 26, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Customs, law enforcement and other authorities detained a record 196 million counterfeit items in the European Union in 2025, 67 percent more than the year before. A new joint enforcement report by the Europea... (more story)

Pooling patent benefits allowed in UK employee compensation claims, court says October 26, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Employee-inventors can rely on the combined benefit of multiple patents when seeking compensation under Section 40 of the Patents Act — even if none individually meets the statutory threshold — the UK Court of... (more story)

Refusal of trademark bid by former Commodores member is upheld by UK court October 26, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A co-founder of The Commodores has lost an appeal against the refusal of his company’s efforts to register a trademark in the UK for the band’s name. The High Court on Friday upheld findings of passing off and... (more story)

Third Circuit ROSS ruling peppers news outlets' opposition to ChatGPT fair use defense October 23, 2026 | Emma Whitford

News outlets suing OpenAI and its investor Microsoft are highlighting a recent appellate decision that training artificial intelligence on copyrighted works is not fair, as they push back on their adversaries’... (more story)

US House Democrat proposes ban on pharma ‘pay-for-delay’ deals October 23, 2026 | Nick Robertson

A bill introduced in the US House on Thursday would prohibit, with some exceptions, branded drug manufacturers from compensating generic and biosimilar drugmakers to delay market entry through patent settlemen... (more story)

This week at the UPC: Oct. 16-22 October 22, 2026 | MLex Staff

This week at the Unified Patent Court, Align Technology won an injunction covering 17 UPC countries, while Gucci and Alpina Coffee Systems defeated infringement claims and largely secured patent revocations. O... (more story)

US DOJ antitrust policy 'gone too far' in favor of patent holders, NY enforcer says October 22, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

The Department of Justice's shift on competition policy in relation to standard essential patents during the second Trump administration is disappointing as it has "gone too far" in favor of patent holders, a ... (more story)

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US research funding squeeze forces institutions to seek private cash, guard IP October 26, 2026 | Steve Scherer

US research institutions are seeking corporate and philanthropic support as federal funding disruptions threaten laboratory work, technology transfer specialists told MLex. Replacement funding remains limited ... (more story)

AI ‘vibe-coding’ exposes limits of software IP protection October 26, 2026 | Nick Robertson

AI tools are making it easier to recreate established software products, raising questions about how developers can protect their competitive advantage. Practitioners say patents and contractual restrictions c... (more story)

US needs dataset registry for research, licensing, LES president says October 23, 2026 | Steve Scherer

The US should establish rules for recording and licensing datasets that support both open research and business applications, Michael Perham, the outgoing president of the Licensing Executives Society in North... (more story)

Trade secret ruling reinforces eBay amid push to ease patent injunctions October 22, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Massachusetts’ highest court has rejected a presumption of irreparable harm when weighing preliminary injunction requests in trade secret cases, requiring plaintiffs there to first establish that monetary dama... (more story)

China's proposed export curbs balance AI edge with global reach October 22, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s proposed technology-export restrictions expose a tension in the country's ambitions as a technology power: Beijing wants to retain control over innovations underpinning its industrial strength while pr... (more story)

India patent delays pose Supreme Court dilemma: Who pays for lost years? October 22, 2026 | Freny Patel

India’s Supreme Court will examine whether patent holders deserve compensation for government delays that erode enforceable protection, weighing inventors’ rights against competition and Parliament’s authority... (more story)

Japan's Supreme Court redraws line where tort can step in when copyright stops October 21, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s Supreme Court has supplied its first example in 15 years of when copying unprotected material becomes tortious, while leaving the limits for rival businesses in future cases still unclear.

France’s press copyright overhaul could shift platform payment disputes October 21, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

France is passing a new law to give communications regulator Arcom powers to settle neighboring-rights payment disputes between news publishers and online services. This would offer an alternative to competit... (more story)