This week at the UPC: Oct. 23-29
October 29, 2026
| Giorgi Dvalishvili
This week the Unified Patent Court ordered SK Nexilis to pay €1.1 million in costs, including those of an undecided conditional revocation counterclaim. Preliminary injunctions targeted Dreame’s Mira Mop and P... (more story)
Meta loses appeal against French neighboring rights antitrust orders (update*)
October 29, 2026
| Jean Comte
Meta Platforms has lost its legal challenge against two French antitrust injunctions that ordered the US digital giant to negotiate with press publishers "in good faith" over a remuneration system to use journ... (more story)
USPTO exceeds goals for trademark pendency, backlog reduction
October 28, 2026
| Nick Robertson
The US Patent and Trademark Office exceeded its major trademark performance goals in fiscal year 2026, the office's trademark leaders said Wednesday. Pendency for a first office action fell to about four month... (more story)
UK judge rejects Dolby, Access Advance bid to defer Snap royalty determination
October 28, 2026
| Melissa Ritti
In a Wednesday judgment memorializing his mid-October bench ruling, UK High Court Judge James Mellor rejected Dolby and Access Advance’s proposal to resolve preliminary patent licensing questions before addres... (more story)
Meta's new terms blocked by Norwegian court after media challenge
October 28, 2026
| Masha Borak
An Oslo court temporarily barred Meta from introducing commercial terms that Norwegian media companies say would allow it to scrape their content for AI training. The order blocks the changes pending a final r... (more story)
UK work on non-compete employment clause legislation to report in early 2027
October 28, 2026
| Jon Menon
A UK law on non-compete clauses in employment contracts is a possible step closer, with the government promising to set out "a detailed position" on the surrounding issues early next year to inform legislation... (more story)
Shanghai court rules against AI company over Genshin Impact voice cloning
October 28, 2026
| MLex Staff
A Shanghai court has found copyright infringement and unfair competition in a case involving an artificial intelligence service that imitated character voices and used imagery from Genshin Impact without permission.
Japan taxi app loses payment-patent challenges as court finds QR scanning obvious
October 28, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
GO Inc., one of Japan’s leading taxi app operators, has suffered a setback in a patent dispute with rival S.RIDE after Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court found that claims covering taxi-payment technolog... (more story)