Dolby ratchets up the pressure on Snap in global HEVC, AV1 patent fight
June 11, 2026
| Melissa Ritti
The licensing arm of Dolby Laboratories this week expanded a patent enforcement campaign against Snap Inc. in the US and abroad. The filings add new video-coding patents to the litigation and reiterate a posit... (more story)
This week at the UPC: June 5-11
June 11, 2026
| Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss
This week the Unified Patent Court clarified how revocation counterclaims should be valued and continued to refine its approach to UK patent designations. Judges also granted Hologic an injunction against Siem... (more story)
Daiichi Sankyo's trademark win falls short on online-monitoring costs
June 11, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
A Tokyo court ordered an individual seller on an online marketplace to pay Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare for selling health products that used the company’s trademarked branding, but refused to make the seller cov... (more story)
Irish 'Whistler' barred as Indian court upholds territorial trademark rights
June 11, 2026
Irish distiller Robert A. Merry has been barred from using “Whistler” trademarks in India. The Delhi High Court reaffirmed territorial trademark rights and held that global reputation alone cannot substitute f... (more story)
Dongguan Youpute escapes bad-faith finding in UK trademark decision
June 10, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
The Stryze Group, a German maker of computer accessories, failed to show that its rival Dongguan Youpute Technology had acted in bad faith, following a hearing at the UK Intellectual Property Office. The Chine... (more story)
China to refine data rules for AI model training under new plan
June 10, 2026
| MLex Staff
China will refine rules governing the use of data in artificial intelligence training under its first national blueprint for AI-focused data development, as Beijing moves to expand the supply, circulation and ... (more story)
Indian court cracks down on 'Bolar exception' loophole to fortify global patent rights
June 10, 2026
| Freny Patel
India's Madras High Court has ruled that generic drug makers cannot rely on the statutory Bolar exception to export patented active pharmaceutical ingredients unless they can demonstrate that the exports were ... (more story)
US authors challenge Meta's 'shadow library' fair-use defense in proposed appeal
June 09, 2026
| Amy Miller
Authors suing Meta Platforms for copyright infringement want a US appeals court to decide a narrow but consequential question: Can an AI company's downloading of copyrighted works from pirate "shadow libraries... (more story)