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Nokia signs patent deal with Asus, extending electronics licensing streak

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Drug-pricing dispute at US Supreme Court raises trade secret disclosure questions

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EU urged to strengthen live-event piracy rules amid enforcement gaps

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Nokia signs patent deal with Asus, extending electronics licensing streak June 25, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Nokia says it has signed a patent licence with Asus, adding to earlier deals with Acer, Hisense and Lenovo. The agreement follows a UK court win for Nokia, which said the Finnish telecommunications company cou... (more story)

Japan IP Court rejects old dispatch patent claims against popular taxi app June 25, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

GO Inc., the operator of one of Japan’s leading taxi hailing apps, defeated a patent appeal brought by Osaka taxi operator Best Kotsu and an individual patent owner over technology used to manage taxi dispatch... (more story)

Top China court details rationale for keeping Infineon sales injunctions in force June 25, 2026 | MLex Staff

China's top court has signaled it will generally uphold patent injunctions issued after a trial court finds infringement, using its decision to keep sales bans on certain Infineon Technologies gallium nitride ... (more story)

German federal judge endorses arbitration for interim licenses June 24, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

A judge at Germany’s highest court has spoken out in favor of arbitration and third-party decision-making for interim licenses in disputes over standard essential patents.

EU eyes standards to help commercialize quantum technology June 24, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Júlia Tar

A European Commission official has said technical standards could help commercialize quantum technologies as the EU prepares its Quantum Act. Officials, lawmakers and industry said Europe holds the lead in res... (more story)

Nokia granted interim payment in UK patent dispute with Warner Bros, Paramount (update*) June 24, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

A UK judge has ordered Warner Brothers and Paramount to make an interim payment to Nokia ahead of a full trial in November. The decision illustrates the continued difficulty which courts face in deciding on in... (more story)

China trademark law revisions target misleading use, trademark hoarding June 24, 2026 | MLex Staff

Proposed revisions to China’s Trademark Law advanced to a second reading before the country's top legislature on Tuesday, as lawmakers seek to curb deceptive trademark filings and impose tougher penalties for ... (more story)

Japan's new IP transaction guidance faces antitrust enforcement test June 24, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s competition and IP regulators released a cross-industry guidance over intellectual property on Wednesday, warning that buyer demands for supplier IP, know-how and data can raise antitrust concerns, giv... (more story)

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UK’s top court to hear landmark Optis-Apple case for SEPs June 25, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

A landmark case between Optis and Apple over how fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms are decided for licensing Standard Essential Patents is set to be heard by the UK’s Supreme Court in the week ahea... (more story)

Fate of PPL's past Indian enforcements uncertain despite return to copyright society June 25, 2026 | Freny Patel

India’s re-registration of Phonographic Performance Limited as a copyright society strengthens its future music licensing and enforcement powers. However, the unresolved questions over pre-2026 claims, ownersh... (more story)

Drug-pricing dispute at US Supreme Court raises trade secret disclosure questions June 24, 2026 | Steve Scherer

The US Supreme Court on Monday asked the federal government to weigh in on a challenge to Oregon’s drug-pricing transparency law in a case presenting broader questions about constitutional limits on state effo... (more story)

EU urged to strengthen live-event piracy rules amid enforcement gaps June 23, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

EU policymakers are considering stronger rules against illegal live-event streams as piracy becomes more sophisticated. Giovanni Maria Riccio, a legal expert whose study for the European Parliament will be pub... (more story)

Japan's AI copyright bargain: not Brussels, not Washington June 19, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan is trying to keep one of the world’s most permissive AI copyright rules intact while making opaque AI use harder to defend. Its 2026 intellectual property strategy keeps AI training largely protected, bu... (more story)

Ugg boot ruling may give Federal Circuit chance to clarify design patent law June 18, 2026 | Steve Scherer

A California jury found Quince infringed a patented Ugg boot design but also found the patent invalid, a verdict that if appealed could test the boundaries of design patent protection.

US Ninth Circuit en banc review could reshape copyright intrinsic test June 17, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's decision to rehear en banc a copyright dispute has fueled expectations that it may modify or abandon its intrinsic test for substantial similarity, experts told ... (more story)

Sotera stipulations' value questioned after Federal Circuit decision June 17, 2026 | Nick Robertson

After the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Sotera stipulation-based challenges to Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions on instituting inter partes review aren't subject to appellate re... (more story)