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Via LA targets one-stop shop for AI data center patent licenses, president says

Young UK adults spark rebound in counterfeit purchases, UKIPO study shows

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Honeywell secures UPC injunction as judges refuse to await Dutch license ruling September 21, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Honeywell has secured a Unified Patent Court injunction against VeyorEx and related companies in Germany, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Latvia and Italy, after judges rejected a disputed-license defense an... (more story)

China court shields hit drama title from copycat alcohol marketing September 21, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s top court has highlighted a ruling that protects the title of hit crime drama The Knockout as a commercial identifier, signaling that widely recognized television titles can be shielded from copycat ma... (more story)

Young UK adults spark rebound in counterfeit purchases, UKIPO study shows September 18, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

In a sharp increase over 2023, nearly half of UK young adults surveyed on behalf of the UK Intellectual Property Office say they have knowingly purchased counterfeit products, with sporting goods and toys amon... (more story)

Asahi Kasei plans civil action over ex-employee's alleged China trade secret leak September 18, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s Asahi Kasei, one of the country’s leading chemicals groups, said it will file civil claims against a Chinese chemicals company and a former employee arrested on suspicion of trade secret violations und... (more story)

Cloudflare to challenge Belgian site-blocking order in DAZN case September 17, 2026 | Matthew Newman

US-based cloud service provider Cloudflare said it will challenge a Belgian court order requiring its public Domain Name System, or DNS, service to block Belgian users from reaching websites that illegally str... (more story)

This week at the UPC: Sept. 11-17 September 17, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Giorgi Dvalishvili

Netflix faces an injunction across 18 countries, while other key Unified Patent Court rulings this week addressed DNA-sequencing technology, prior-use rights, late evidence, litigation costs and patent settlem... (more story)

Tokyo court rejects subtitle claim in latest 'Dawn of the Dead' case September 17, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

A Tokyo court dismissed a subtitle translator's copyright and moral rights claim over broadcasts of the cult classic “Dawn of the Dead,” finding that broadcasters did not have to independently check subtitle r... (more story)

South Korea expands espionage law as risks of AI, chip tech theft grow September 17, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

South Korea has made the biggest change in more than seven decades to the anti-espionage provisions of its criminal code, potentially widening the legal arsenal against theft of trade secrets and advanced tech... (more story)

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Via LA targets one-stop shop for AI data center patent licenses, president says September 18, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Via LA has launched its DRAM data center patent pool with three of the field’s top 15 largest patent holders and is negotiating with most of the rest, President Kevin Mack told MLex. A second group of new memb... (more story)

OpenAI’s failed UK trademark challenge deepens doubts over ‘GPT’ protectability September 18, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The UK Intellectual Property Office recently invalidated UK trademark rights in “GPT” and “ChatGPT” while rejecting OpenAI’s bid to block ChainGPT LLC from registering its name there. The decision gives UK app... (more story)

India's life-sciences patent guidelines promise clarity, but consistency will be the test September 18, 2026 | Freny Patel

India's draft life-sciences patent guidelines could improve predictability without easing patentability standards, but their impact will depend on consistent examination and applying existing jurisprudence to ... (more story)

New Microsoft, OpenAI docs show knowledge of AI copying costs to US news firms September 18, 2026 | Emma Whitford and Mike Swift

Newly unsealed filings quote OpenAI and Microsoft employees and executives acknowledging that the unlicensed use of millions of news articles published by the New York Times and other news organizations to tra... (more story)

Pepsi's US trademark dispute could reshape brand choices, lawsuit strategy, lawyers say September 17, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Rise Brewing’s Supreme Court challenge to Pepsi could reshape trademark disputes by deciding whether juries or judges assess a mark’s conceptual strength, potentially affecting brand-selection strategies, mark... (more story)

Huawei's decision-making centralized in China, former employees say at US trial September 17, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Corporate decision-making and management of telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies was centralized in China, several former employees testified at the company’s high-profile US trial in New York federal ... (more story)

USPTO fee authority debate highlights potential reform September 17, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The debate in Congress over whether to extend the US Patent and Trademark Office’s authority to set its own fees has resurfaced proposals to reform how the office generates revenue in patent operations. But pu... (more story)

China's Jingdiao ruling tests boundaries of trade-secret protection September 17, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s top court has sent a strong deterrent message through its 380-million-yuan ($56 million) Jingdiao trade-secret ruling. But can plainly wrongful conduct justify treating tens of thousands of drawings co... (more story)