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Lacoste snaps up victory against Crocodile in Indian court trademark battle March 11, 2026 | Freny Patel

French luxury sportwear brand Lacoste secured a permanent injunction from an Indian court against Crocodile International, barring the Hong Kong-headquartered company's standalone crocodile logo in India.

ICANN’s 2026 domain round an opportunity for trademark owners March 10, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Major brands can bolster their trademark portfolios with their own “.brand” top-level domains in ICANN’s application round that opens in April, FairWinds’ Josh Bourne told MLex. The domain approach, which may ... (more story)

OpenAI must produce millions more conversations in US copyright cases March 10, 2026 | Emma Whitford and Samuel Rubenfeld

OpenAI must turn over 88 million recently discovered anonymous ChatGPT conversations, US Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang ordered late Monday, in a win for news outlets and book authors seeking evidence of copyrig... (more story)

Google challenged over YouTube 'Shorts' video trademark in UK court March 10, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Google is being challenged again over its use of the word “Shorts” for its short-form video service on YouTube from a producer and distributor of short films. Shorts International is appealing against a 2024 l... (more story)

Gemini chatbot does not memorize copyrighted articles, Google tells EU judges March 10, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

The EU's highest court heard arguments in a landmark dispute over how copyright law applies to generative AI, as a Hungarian publisher accused Google of unlawfully using press content to train its Gemini chatb... (more story)

Japan court rejects 'mere facts' defense in Kyodo newswire's intranet copyright case March 10, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

A Tokyo court ordered a railway operator to pay damages for uploading newspaper article images to its internal intranet, ruling that Kyodo News dispatch text was copyright protected expression and not merely “... (more story)

Novo Nordisk's last-minute plea dismissed by Indian court as patent nears expiry March 10, 2026 | Freny Patel

Novo Nordisk lost its bid to halt Dr. Reddy’s semaglutide exports. The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal, citing the patent's imminent expiry and the lack of "irreparable loss" caused.

Suno broke copyright on songs for AI model, Germany's GEMA tells court March 09, 2026 | Charlotte Westphal

US company Suno broke copyright on six songs by memorizing them for its AI model, German music rights group GEMA has told a Munich court in a first hearing of the landmark dispute. Suno argued that the outputs... (more story)

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Texas Business Court gathers steam as viable venue for IP disputes March 10, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Action before the newly formed Texas Business Court is picking up, and on the heels of a broad affirmation of its jurisdiction over cases relating to intellectual property in February, a trade secret ruling la... (more story)

Brazil appellate panel unanimously backs need for patent office overhaul March 09, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

If a court-ordered restructuring of the Brazil Patent and Trademark Office successfully speeds examination there, Brazil’s attractiveness as a legal forum for patent enforcement stands to grow.

Ericsson, Motorola pressed in Brazil on global 5G patent dispute strategies March 09, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazil’s antitrust authority is turning up the pressure on Ericsson and Motorola, demanding detailed explanations for their global litigation tactics in a long‑running 5G patent dispute that the companies had ... (more story)

Without Issa, IP reform interests left rudderless in US House March 09, 2026 | Nick Robertson

California Republican Representative Darrell Issa’s announcement that he will not seek reelection this year is set to deprive IP reform advocates of any strong champion in the House, with few members likely to... (more story)

EU top court to clarify UPC’s reach of injunctions beyond its borders March 09, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

The patent dispute between hair-dryer makers Dyson and Dreame has triggered the Unified Patent Court’s first referral to the EU Court of Justice, asking how far its cross-border injunction powers can reach, an... (more story)

Increased R&D spend by China, Korea, shows up in global patent data March 06, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The US, Germany and Japan experienced modest declines in international patenting last year while applications in China and Korea are on the rise. Use of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system signals globa... (more story)

Tech companies test limit of UPC's reach in digital patent clash March 06, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

A dispute brought by French start up KeeeX — against OpenAI, Adobe and others — will test how far the Unified Patent Court can extend its authority beyond its 18 contracting EU member states. A Court of Appeal... (more story)

US GAO march-in rule analysis angers both sides of debate March 05, 2026 | Nick Robertson

A Government Accountability Office analysis of a proposal to consider price in the use of march-in rights doesn’t come to conclusions over whether the idea is founded in law, drawing criticism from both suppor... (more story)