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No copyright levy on offline streaming copies, EU court says on HP, Dell case April 16, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Offline copies of audiovisual works provided by streaming platforms do not fall under the private copying exception of the EU's copyright law, the bloc's highest court said Thursday following a Dutch case agai... (more story)

Tech transfer rules updated by EU; guardrails set for joint licensing negotiations April 16, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

The European Commission has published its revamped tech transfer rules, introducing guidance on data licensing and Licensing Negotiation Groups, and tightening conditions for patent pools. The update comes ami... (more story)

UK atomic energy authority aiming to commercialize fusion power IP April 15, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

The UK authority for atomic energy is aiming to commercialize intellectual property developed as part of the country’s development of fusion power. The UK Atomic Energy Authority, or UKAEA, strategy says it pl... (more story)

IP shows Europe’s ‘vulnerabilities,’ trade official says April 14, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

The EU is treating intellectual property as a strategic economic and security asset, citing risks stemming from technological dependencies. Maria Martin-Prat of the European Commission’s trade department warns... (more story)

US Congress funds research grants vital to innovation, tech transfer April 14, 2026 | Nick Robertson

President Donald Trump signed a bill Monday that reauthorizes funding for a pair of research and development grant programs that are critical to tech transfer. Advocates praised the reauthorizations of the Sma... (more story)

China unveils new framework to counter 'unlawful' foreign extraterritorial measures April 14, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has published a new framework to counter what it describes as foreign “unlawful extraterritorial jurisdiction,” strengthening its tools to block such measures and impose trade and investment restrictions... (more story)

China's top court backs 'reverse confusion' ruling in fertilizer trademark case April 14, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s top court has upheld a ruling finding an agricultural-inputs company liable for trademark infringement after its well-known branding overshadowed a smaller fertilizer manufacturer’s registered mark.

Japan IP Court revives Broad CRISPR patent, overturning JPO on priority rights April 14, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court overturned a Japan Patent Office decision invalidating a key CRISPR patent held by the Broad Institute, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard College, f... (more story)

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Japanese game-bar warning exposes old copyright fault line for manga cafes April 16, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

A warning from a Japanese software copyright group to game bars exposes the country’s uneven copyright treatment of paid, on-premises access to works, highlighting why manga cafes developed under softer arrang... (more story)

New China rules to counter, reshape foreign jurisdiction patent disputes April 16, 2026 | MLex Staff

China is bringing greater coherence and enforcement power to its legal toolkit for responding to foreign legal measures, with new rules targeting what it describes as unjustified extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Vietnam's draft copyright decree risks undermining AI training exception April 16, 2026 | Hoa Dinh

Vietnam’s draft copyright decree could render the amended IP law's new text-and-data mining exception ineffective, creating uncertainty for AI developers and raising risks for domestic innovation.

Sustained YouTube scraping claim in US a boost for creators; questions remain April 15, 2026 | Emma Whitford

Artificial intelligence music generator Udio failed Wednesday to shrug off a claim that its YouTube scraping for AI training violates the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act — an encouraging sign for content c... (more story)

‘No free lunch’: AV1 model faces pushback from US enforcers, experts April 15, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Inventors Defense Alliance policy chief Kristen Osenga told MLex she shares a key antitrust enforcer’s skepticism of standards unaccompanied by a commitment to license essential patents on fair, reasonable and... (more story)

AI companies lean on Cox opinion in seeking dismissal of US copyright suits April 13, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Singapore AI firm Nanonoble argued Friday that the Walt Disney Company’s contributory copyright infringement claims against it should be dismissed given the Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications v. So... (more story)

US 3rd Circuit fair-use opinion could benefit AI companies April 10, 2026 | Nick Robertson

A recent fair-use decision in the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit could show a pathway to victory for artificial intelligence companies trying to fend off copyright infringement lawsuits, but applyin... (more story)

Roxtec’s court hearing will test how trademark law, antitrust interact April 10, 2026 | Anna Ferrari and Nicholas Hirst

Roxtec, a Swedish cable modules maker, will appear on April 16 before Italy’s highest administrative court to challenge an antitrust fine and seek referral to the EU’s top court. The company denies seeking to ... (more story)