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CREXi opposes CoStar’s bid for US Supreme Court review of antitrust claims February 13, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

Commercial Real Estate Exchange (CREXi) asked the US Supreme Court to deny rival CoStar’s bid for review of CREXi’s antitrust counterclaims, arguing the high court can not accept CoStar’s attempt to ignore the... (more story)

Chinese court refines descriptive fair use defense in edible bird's nest trademark dispute February 13, 2026 | MLex Staff

Xiamen Yan Palace Bird’s Nest Industry, a leading supplier of edible bird’s nest products in China, won an appeal in a trademark dispute after a Chinese court clarified the limits of the descriptive fair use defense.

Japan IP Court rejects bid to restore Google-delisted URLs based on US DMCA February 13, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court upheld a lower court ruling rejecting a website operator’s attempt to force Google to reinstate more than 4,500 URLs removed from search results under the US Digital Mi... (more story)

ByteDance faces Japan scrutiny over AI clips using copyrighted characters February 13, 2026 | Jeyup S Kwaak

Japan’s government has directed Chinese tech company ByteDance to act on illegal content made and distributed on its platforms that appears to contain copyrighted material from Japanese creators, Economic Secu... (more story)

Why South Korea pursues independent AI models, eyes UAE to scale global demand February 13, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

South Korea is accelerating its push to develop independent foundation models as a strategic move to secure AI sovereignty and reduce reliance on foreign systems, a senior official told MLex. The government ai... (more story)

7-Eleven loses India 'Big Bite' trademark battle February 13, 2026 | Freny Patel

7-Eleven has lost its bid to secure the “Big Bite” trademark in India after the Madras High Court ruled that online visibility and global registrations do not outweigh a local company’s prior domestic use.

IP licensing and business: Jan. 30-Feb. 12 February 12, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Tech giants are moving towards launching content licensing marketplaces for AI training, with Microsoft announcing plans and Amazon reportedly preparing its own licensing platform. Several multibillion-dollar ... (more story)

Senate reintroduces third-party litigation funding transparency bill February 12, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Republican senators reintroduced the Litigation Funding Transparency Act on Wednesday, which would mandate that civil plaintiffs disclose all sources of third-party funding, with additional regulations for for... (more story)

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Royalty share proposal, NIST language rattle universities, research institutions February 13, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

US Patent and Trademark Office deputy director Coke Morgan Stewart had warm words this week for inventors and the technology transfer offices who shepherd their ideas over the commercial finish line. But her f... (more story)

Reimagining, repackaging know-how, research outputs could have hidden value February 12, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Many universities and public research institutions are sitting on an untapped reserve: under- and unutilized intellectual property. Identifying dormant assets and connecting them with nontraditional sources of... (more story)

Smaller firms to gain as UK judges overturn 'Aerotel approach' to software patents February 12, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

A judgment in Emotional Perception AI by the UK Supreme Court this week has overturned two decades of domestic case law and brought the UK more — if not completely — in line with the European Patent Office whe... (more story)

ECJ clarification of EU trademark opposition rules ends Brexit hangover February 11, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Douglas Clarke-Williams

The EU’s top court has reaffirmed that EU trademarks can only be blocked by rights still in force at the time of the final decision on their registration. Experts say that in preventing oppositions based on ri... (more story)

Samsung-ZTE patent dispute's Chinese strand may chip away UK courts' sway February 09, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

ZTE is planning to use a forthcoming Chinese judgment over standard-essential patents to bring an end to parallel proceedings in the UK, and the question of whether the English court will allow it will have a ... (more story)

Innovators, advocates fight to save ‘America’s seed fund’ February 06, 2026 | Nick Robertson

A lapse in congressional authorization for two Small Business Administration programs has cut off federal support for innovation, including defense technologies and drug development. Advocates warn that prolon... (more story)

Apple, Optis patent retrial on tap in US with LTE essentiality still in dispute February 05, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Apple and Optis will choose a jury Friday in the same Texas courtroom they have already twice tried a bitter clash over patents purportedly essential to the 4G LTE cellular standard. Their third trial, ordere... (more story)

Has the EU reached a dead end on Standard Essential Patents? February 05, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Now that Germany has shut the door on EU guidance for Standard Essential Patents — with the federal court siding with VoiceAge in its dispute with HMD — the European Commission's strategy for the heated techno... (more story)