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US Third Circuit puts competition at center of ROSS AI training ruling

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Disney antitrust claims over InterDigital patent practices stayed in US

A copy of the Global Innovation Index 2026 is pictured at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland,

GII report details AI-led innovation rebound but WIPO warns of funding risks

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This week at the UPC: Sept. 25-Oct. 1 October 01, 2026 | Giorgi Dvalishvili and Inbar Preiss

This week, the UPC Court of Appeal restored Nvidia’s and Keysight Technologies’ rights to appeal decisions, leaving their conditional patent-revocation counterclaims undecided after findings of noninfringement... (more story)

Banks must trust IP value to close EU’s competitive gap, EUIPO director says October 01, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe needs trusted methods for valuing intellectual property to encourage banks to lend against companies’ IP assets, EUIPO chief João Negrão said. The agency is preparing an IP-backed finance framework as B... (more story)

India court widens government power over costly patented medicines October 01, 2026 | Freny Patel

Patented medicines could face greater government intervention after an Indian court ruled that unaffordable prices can trigger government use of pharmaceutical patents to supply drugs to patients.

US says companies face discriminatory rules, other risks, despite India's FDI push October 01, 2026 | Freny Patel

India’s investment reforms have failed to dispel US concerns over discriminatory rules, unpredictable regulation, aggressive enforcement, data localization, weak intellectual-property protection and slow legal... (more story)

Matcha pitched to ease high blood pressure survives Japan patent fight October 01, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has rejected a tea producer’s bid to stop a rival from selling matcha promoted as helping lower blood pressure, finding that the rival’s manufacturing process did not u... (more story)

US Third Circuit puts competition at center of ROSS AI training ruling September 30, 2026 | Melissa Ritti and Nick Robertson

Thomson Reuters’ infringement claim against ROSS Intelligence is “no more than an ordinary copyright case” despite its artificial intelligence component, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said Wedn... (more story)

Japanese court opens door to voice rights despite dismissal of TikTok AI suit (update*) September 30, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday dismissed a Japanese voice actor’s bid to force TikTok to remove videos allegedly using an AI-generated imitation of his voice, finding that the posts had already been del... (more story)

USPTO's Squires weighs returning decisions on patent review merits to PTAB panels September 29, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires said Tuesday he is considering returning decisions on the merits of patent review petitions to Patent Trial and Appeal Board panels while retaining control ... (more story)

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IPO chief suggests shorter US IP protection for inventions with limited human input October 01, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Artificial intelligence tops the Intellectual Property Owners Association’s agenda, and the US may need a shorter-term right for inventions with limited human input, President John Cheek told MLex at the group... (more story)

EU standards bodies warn overhaul risks independence, fragmentation October 01, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

CEN and CENELEC, two of Europe’s main standards bodies, have warned that the EU’s planned overhaul risks undermining the system’s independence and causing fragmentation. The proposal would increase the Europea... (more story)

Historic $5.7bn verdict against Apple for patent infringement unlikely to last October 01, 2026 | Nick Robertson

While a $5.7 billion patent infringement jury verdict against Apple, the largest ever, grabbed headlines this week, prior examples of similar large-dollar jury verdicts leave a slim chance that the figure will... (more story)

BRICS AI copyright push has political weight, but legal gaps remain October 01, 2026 | Freny Patel

BRICS has put creator remuneration for artificial intelligence training on the global agenda, but deep legal divides and practical hurdles could leave its ambitious copyright push with more political weight than bite.

GII report details AI-led innovation rebound but WIPO warns of funding risks September 29, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

In a press conference marking the release of the 19th edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII), officials from the World Intellectual Property Organization on Tuesday appeared cautiously optimistic about a... (more story)

Platforms fear erosion of liability protection in draft European Product Act September 25, 2026 | Matthew Newman

European online marketplaces fear the draft European Product Act could make them frontline product-compliance enforcers, raising costs and legal exposure through new checks before products are listed. Platform... (more story)

Proof gap in UK Section 74A software patent disputes spotlighted in IPO opinion September 25, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A finding this week that an artificial intelligence-powered content-moderation system was not shown to infringe a Lighthouse Technologies patent underscores the evidentiary limitations of the UK Intellectual P... (more story)

Rare USITC fast-track proceeding tests GG Technologies’ US investment September 24, 2026 | Steve Scherer

GG Technologies’ NameDrop patent case against Apple is well suited to the US International Trade Commission’s rarely used 100-day procedure, four lawyers told MLex, because it presents a narrow question about ... (more story)