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Japanese court hands first conviction over AI-assisted film piracy under copyright law January 29, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan has secured its first known criminal conviction for copyright infringement involving AI-assisted modification of general film works, after an Osaka court sentenced a man for selling pirated, colorized DV... (more story)

Reincubate accuses Apple of ‘rip-off’ on Camo tech in US antitrust complaint January 28, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

Reincubate, a London-based software company, accused Apple in a US antitrust complaint of ripping it off by copying its innovative technology Camo and then using its walled garden ecosystem to push Reincubate ... (more story)

US TTAB is doing more with less, but faces increasing AI hallucinations January 28, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The US Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board processed more appeals, oppositions and cancellations than ever last year, even with a slightly smaller staff. Judges and interlocutory att... (more story)

Trademark certification bodies are public authorities, UK judgment says January 28, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Entities empowered by the UK government to issue certification trademarks attesting to the origin of certain goods are now classified as public authorities and required to respond to Freedom of Information Act... (more story)

Zaha Hadid company urges UK appeal court to cut bonds of licensing deal January 28, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Architecture practice Zaha Hadid Ltd took its fight to extricate itself from a licensing agreement obliging it to pay the Zaha Hadid Foundation forever to the UK Court of Appeal on Wednesday, arguing that a lo... (more story)

EU lawmakers back voluntary licensing and transparency in AI copyright report (update*) January 28, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Lawmakers approved a non-binding report in a vote supporting voluntary licensing agreements between right holders and AI companies. The non-binding text calls for improved transparency for AI training data and... (more story)

China's IP appeals court draws more foreign litigants, top court says January 28, 2026 | MLex Staff

Foreign companies are increasingly turning to Chinese courts to resolve intellectual property disputes, China’s top court said, as rising caseloads, faster rulings and higher damages reshape the country’s IP l... (more story)

Japan IP court restores Riken UV-film patent, faulting JPO's obviousness logic January 28, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court overturned a patent office decision that had stripped most protection from a Riken Technos coating patent, faulting the patent regulator for assuming an obvious prior a... (more story)

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India-EU FTA to force high-speed overhaul of Indian patent law January 29, 2026 | Freny Patel

The India-EU Free Trade Agreement pressures India to strengthen the protection of intellectual property to attract investment, while testing its ability to balance innovation, public health priorities and its ... (more story)

Escalating US, China tension over IP rights risky for both sides, expert says January 27, 2026 | Nick Robertson

A myopic view of IP’s role in national security, focusing only on the threat posed by China, could hinder US business on the world stage and upend a balance that has advantaged the country for decades, Chris B... (more story)

Huawei, Qualcomm vie for 5G supremacy, new report shows January 26, 2026 | MLex Staff

Chinese tech firms, led by Huawei, continue to play a central role in global ownership of 5G standard-essential patents, according to the latest analysis by LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions.

US court fight over ChatGPT discovery shows limits of privacy defense January 23, 2026 | Emma Whitford

OpenAI has lost a months-long fight to limit production of 20 million ChatGPT conversations in US copyright litigation with news outlets — a sign to artificial intelligence companies that invoking their users’... (more story)

Key question remains after Yangtze Memory inter partes reviews vacated January 22, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

De-institution of inter partes reviews sought by Yangtze Memory Technologies underscores the US Patent and Trademark Office’s renewed commitment to transparency, even if Director John Squires is — for now — ke... (more story)

VoiceAge-HMD hearing to shape future of tech patent licensing in Europe January 22, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Germany’s top court will hear VoiceAge’s patent dispute with HMD on Jan. 27, testing whether judges can impose tougher licensing demands on technology users, or must seek guidance from the EU Court of Justice.... (more story)

Early refusal of 'Las Vegas Athletics' trademarks puts USPTO on familiar path January 22, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Recent non-final refusals of a pair of “Las Vegas Athletics” trademark applications shed light on how trademark examiners are assessing acquired distinctiveness years after the Supreme Court’s Booking.com ruling.

Anne Frank copyright case tests where VPN use ends, infringement begins January 21, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

VPNs do not infringe copyright when users bypass geo-blocking, an EU court adviser has said in a case over The Diary Of Anne Frank. But he warned that liability could arise if providers actively promote unlawf... (more story)