Intellectual Property

The federal judiciary is exploring artificial intelligence tools to improve productivity, while cautioning judges against delegating core functions to AI technology. Judge Leonard Stark of the US Court of Appe... (more story)

Meta is under investigation over whether it's abusing a dominant position by imposing exploitative terms on news publishers and advertisers, the UK antitrust regulator said. Separately, the CMA is seeking info... (more story)

Apple informed the European Commission on June 30 of its intended purchase of data engineering platform Ascend.io. As a designated “gatekeeper” under the EU’s Digital Markets Act, Apple is required to tell the... (more story)

China’s top court is signaling a tougher stance on plant-variety infringement, easing rights holders’ evidentiary burden, applying punitive damages and tackling attempts to evade liability.

This week the Unified Patent Court ordered SK Nexilis to pay €1.1 million in costs, including those of an undecided conditional revocation counterclaim. Preliminary injunctions targeted Dreame’s Mira Mop and P... (more story)

Meta Platforms has lost its legal challenge against two French antitrust injunctions that ordered the US digital giant to negotiate with press publishers "in good faith" over a remuneration system to use journ... (more story)

The US Patent and Trademark Office exceeded its major trademark performance goals in fiscal year 2026, the office's trademark leaders said Wednesday. Pendency for a first office action fell to about four month... (more story)

In a Wednesday judgment memorializing his mid-October bench ruling, UK High Court Judge James Mellor rejected Dolby and Access Advance’s proposal to resolve preliminary patent licensing questions before addres... (more story)