This week at the UPC: June 12-18
June 18, 2026
| Inbar Preiss and Anna Lauwereys
This week, the Unified Patent Court granted InterDigital an injunction against Disney's streaming services, and rejected a preliminary injunction application from Ericsson in its dispute with Asus. The court a... (more story)
Spanish multinational Persan loses UK design protection for laundry capsule
June 18, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
Persan, an established Spanish manufacturer of hygiene products, has lost the UK design protection for its laundry detergent capsule after the UK Intellectual Property Office found that it had been preempted b... (more story)
Legal risks in AI training data drove LG to build data-governance system for Exaone
June 18, 2026
| Wooyoung Lee
Many open-source datasets used to train artificial intelligence foundation models may contain licensing inconsistencies, histories of data infringement and regulatory scrutiny that could expose developers to l... (more story)
Chinese court boosts Penfolds trademark award after overturning liability finding
June 18, 2026
| MLex Staff
A Chinese court has increased damages awarded to Southcorp Brands, owner of the Penfolds wine brand, to 1 million yuan ($148,000) from 400,000 yuan after overturning a finding that had cleared a company of tra... (more story)
Anthropic India fights impleadment in Anthropic PBC trademark dispute
June 18, 2026
| Freny Patel
Anthropic India, the domestic subsidiary of the US-headquartered artificial intelligence giant, has argued that it is a separate legal entity and should not be included in a trademark lawsuit between Anthropic... (more story)
ETSI chief eyes larger AI role as EU grapples with standards gap
June 17, 2026
| Inbar Preiss and Matthew Newman
Europe’s AI rules will only succeed if they're translated into practical standards that companies can use to build and test products, according to Jan Ellsberger, who heads a major European standards body. Whi... (more story)
Ericsson denied injunction against Asustek by the UPC
June 17, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
Ericsson has been denied an injunction against Asustek over alleged infringement of video coding patents. The application, which would have prevented Asustek from marketing a range of computers and other hardw... (more story)
EU Commission holds back on videogames legislation, citing IP concerns
June 17, 2026
| Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss
The European Commission has said it won't legislate to force videogame publishers to keep titles playable after ending online support, citing IP, trade secret and business concerns. EU officials will instead l... (more story)