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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)

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Ugg boot ruling may give Federal Circuit chance to clarify design patent law June 18, 2026 | Steve Scherer

A California jury found Quince infringed a patented Ugg boot design but also found the patent invalid, a verdict that if appealed could test the boundaries of design patent protection.

US Ninth Circuit en banc review could reshape copyright intrinsic test June 17, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's decision to rehear en banc a copyright dispute has fueled expectations that it may modify or abandon its intrinsic test for substantial similarity, experts told ... (more story)

Sotera stipulations' value questioned after Federal Circuit decision June 17, 2026 | Nick Robertson

After the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Sotera stipulation-based challenges to Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions on instituting inter partes review aren't subject to appellate re... (more story)

Procompetitive role of patents often overlooked, US antitrust, IP expert says June 16, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A new report warns that the erosion of intellectual property rights could undermine one of the United States' key strengths — its ability to generate and commercialize new technologies — by making it harder fo... (more story)

Instagram music library faces copyright test in India June 15, 2026 | Freny Patel

The Zee-Nykaa dispute could redefine whether brands may commercially use music available on social-media platforms in India. The case before the Delhi High Court tests the boundaries of copyright licensing, pl... (more story)

US Third Circuit zeroes in on fair use, not copyrightability, in Ross appeal June 11, 2026 | Melissa Ritti and Emma Whitford

Judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit spent much of Thursday's oral argument probing whether Ross Intelligence built a market substitute for Westlaw and whether its use of Thomson Reuters’ co... (more story)

'Animal Farm' and '1984' EU trademark refusals raise doubt over famous works June 11, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Refusals of EU trademarks for two George Orwell book titles could lead to a test for the EU Intellectual Property Office’s view that cultural fame can defeat trademark protection. The decision by the instituti... (more story)

China's expanding use of patent arbitration faces crucial test in SEP licensing disputes June 11, 2026 | MLex Staff

China's top court in a 2025 ruling provided another indication of its support for arbitration as a mechanism for resolving intellectual property disputes. Yet the significance of the ruling extends beyond the ... (more story)