No damages for trademark sublicensees, UK court rules in Frasers Group dispute
May 12, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
Trademark owners cannot claim damages on behalf of their sublicensees in infringement cases, a UK court has ruled. The decision, following a successful appeal by Frasers Group against Lifestyle Equities, found... (more story)
Nokia can force arbitration in Acer and Asus patent dispute, UK court says
May 12, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
Nokia can make Acer and Asus take part in arbitration as part of its obligation to offer fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms for its standard essential patents, or SEPs, a UK court has said. Nokia su... (more story)
Meta ruling says EU countries may let publishers charge platforms for content use
May 12, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
Meta Platforms has partially lost its EU court challenge against Italy’s press compensation rules. The ruling by the EU's top court gives EU countries room to require platform negotiations, data disclosure and... (more story)
French Google case sets example on how commitments can catch new AI use of publishers’ content
May 12, 2026
| Anna Ferrari
A negotiating framework imposed on Google to set compensation for press publishers in France showed how “well-designed commitments” can address emerging AI issues and “create a strong framework for negotiation... (more story)
JPO rejects Baoshan bid to invalidate Nippon Steel EV motor steel patent
May 12, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
Japan’s Patent Office upheld Nippon Steel’s patent for ultra-thin electrical steel used in high efficiency EV motors, rejecting an invalidation challenge by China’s Baoshan Iron & Steel that argued the company... (more story)
Post-Cox strategy helps Google trim discovery in US publisher suit
May 11, 2026
| Melissa Ritti
A decision by Google to abandon its safe-harbor defense in favor of a more aggressive litigating posture under the US Supreme Court’s recent decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment is alread... (more story)
Japan expands content industry growth strategy with music export study
May 11, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
Japan’s economy, trade and industry ministry, or METI, is increasingly positioning music and other creative sectors as export industries within the country's broader intellectual property and growth strategy, ... (more story)
Federal Circuit weighs sanctions authority against AIA institution bar
May 08, 2026
| Melissa Ritti
A series of recurring themes emerged during oral argument Friday in the dispute between VLSI Technology, Intel Corp. and Patent Quality Assurance, with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit repeatedl... (more story)