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AstraZeneca, GSK settle long-running UK patent royalty dispute July 29, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline have settled a dispute over royalty payments owed to AstraZeneca by GlaxoSmithKline subsidiary Tesaro for licenses to the patent for anti-cancer medication niraparib.

Chinese scholar challenges AI industry's fair-use defense in copyright debate July 29, 2026 | MLex Staff

A leading Chinese intellectual-property scholar has recently argued that most AI training practices in the country fail to meet the legal standard for fair use, directly challenging a position increasingly ado... (more story)

Japan government panel maps AI voice, likeness disputes under existing civil law July 29, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan's Justice Ministry has published a draft report concluding that publicity rights, portrait rights and unfair competition law can address many disputes over AI-generated voices and likenesses without new legislation.

China's Luckin Coffee wins landmark appeal in Thai trademark-squatting dispute July 29, 2026 | MLex Staff

Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee has won a landmark trademark appeal in Thailand after the country's appellate court upheld a ruling that lawyers say reshapes how Thai courts address bad-faith trademark registrations.

China leads humanoid robotics patent race in volume, US retains quality edge July 28, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has established a clear lead in the global race to develop humanoid robotics technology by the volume of its patent holdings, while US inventions continue to outperform on quality, according to a new analysis.

Japan patent office sets AI rules for patent, trademark examinations July 28, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s patent office has adopted a framework for using artificial intelligence in patent, trademark, design and other examinations, requiring officials to verify AI generated material and remain responsible f... (more story)

Tesla succeeds in UK Supreme Court patent pool case July 27, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Tesla has triumphed against InterDigital and Avanci at the UK Supreme Court, which has said that English courts can consider whether patent pools are adhering  to fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory, or FR... (more story)

GEMA, Suno ruling to test copyright limits for AI music training in Germany July 27, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

German music rights group GEMA's closely-watched lawsuit against Suno, a generative AI music platform, is due to be decided in Munich’s copyright chamber on July 31. The case promises to be a key test of wheth... (more story)

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Defense right to repair spurs debate over contractors' IP rights July 29, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The US House and Senate versions of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act each endorse a right to repair for the military, which would expand US government access to technical data, an outcome that defen... (more story)

US espionage prosecution of China’s Pangang Group collapses, but caselaw endures July 29, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The US Department of Justice’s decision to abandon its economic espionage prosecution of China’s Pangang Group may ultimately be remembered less for its abrupt ending than for the precedent it produced: narrow... (more story)

US FDA rule change could prompt rethink of pharma IP strategy July 29, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Employee mobility and growing collaboration have already elevated the strategic importance of trade secrets and process patents across the life sciences industry. A new US Food and Drug Administration proposal... (more story)

Ghostbusters busts a procedural barrier in Indian trademark law July 29, 2026 | Freny Patel

The Ghostbusters movie helped dismantle a procedural barrier in Indian trademark law after the Delhi High Court ruled that procedural rules cannot be used to narrow statutory trademark rights, reducing the imp... (more story)

xAI challenge to California AI training transparency law has national significance July 29, 2026 | Mike Swift

A federal appeals court is poised to consider xAI's novel challenge to California's Generative AI Training Data Transparency Act, which requires high-level disclosures about model-training datasets. xAI argues... (more story)

New patent litigation front could open after UK Supreme Court's Tesla ruling July 28, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Patent pools could face legal challenges over their rates for licensing standard-essential patents in the wake of a significant ruling by the UK's highest court this week. The Supreme Court ruled for the first... (more story)

US lawsuit against Anthropic highlights hidden value in aging AI patents July 27, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A new complaint by the licensing arm of the University of Tennessee accuses Anthropic of infringing two widely cited, yet never previously asserted, neural-network patents. The case could nudge other technolog... (more story)

OpenAI ruling shifts India's AI copyright fight from training to outputs July 27, 2026 | Freny Patel

India's first major AI copyright ruling could reshape generative AI litigation by treating model training as potentially lawful while making AI outputs — not training data — the central battleground for copyright disputes.