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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)

Indian court refuses to halt OpenAI training, citing risks to public interest July 24, 2026 | Freny Patel

OpenAI defeated ANI Media's bid for an interim injunction after the Delhi High Court held that training generative artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, on copyrighted works is prima facie fair dealing and... (more story)

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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.

AI infrastructure emerges as next frontier for patent licensing July 24, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Patent owners and licensing executives are looking at the hardware needed for the rapid build-out of AI data centers and devices as the next major licensing market for standard-essential patents.

US Senate targets ‘patent thickets,’ but supporters say it isn't enough July 23, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The Senate passed the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act by unanimous consent this week, approving a cap on the number of patents asserted in biosimilar litigation. Supporters say the vote reflects grow... (more story)

China opens regulatory data protection to foreign pharma, but gaps remain July 23, 2026 | Nick Robertson

New pharmaceutical regulatory data protection requirements in China eliminate earlier China-first launch requirements, giving foreign drugmakers equal access to up to six years of market exclusivity under most... (more story)