This week at the UPC: Sept. 4-10
September 10, 2026
| Giorgi Dvalishvili
This week, the Unified Patent Court granted Abbott Diabetes Care a preliminary injunction, blocking SiBionics’ GS3-R glucose monitor across all 18 UPC states. Other rulings sharpened UPC rules on evidence pres... (more story)
Tokyo court rejects inventor pay claim tied to Murata's 4.3bn yen IP transfer
September 10, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
A former employee whose patents were among intellectual property transferred within Japanese electronics group Murata for 4.3 billion yen ($28 million) was not entitled to a share of that value, a Tokyo court has ruled.
China's latest copyright strategy calls for rules on training data, generative AI
September 10, 2026
| MLex Staff
China’s top copyright regulator has made the development of copyright rules for artificial intelligence, including training data and generative AI, a priority in its new five-year work plan, bringing renewed a... (more story)
India draws clearer patent boundaries for life sciences in court-driven guidelines
September 10, 2026
| Freny Patel
India's draft pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent guidelines incorporate recent court rulings, giving life-sciences companies clearer guidance on patentability, evidentiary requirements, diagnostic inventi... (more story)
Huawei built business on crime, theft, US argues as racketeering trial begins
September 10, 2026
| Samuel Rubenfeld
For 20 years, Huawei Technologies operated its business as a criminal enterprise, using theft, lies and cover-ups, federal prosecutors told jurors Wednesday in their opening argument in the long-anticipated tr... (more story)
EU aims to unlock €10bn in IP-backed finance a year with new Innovation Act
September 09, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
The EU is looking to patents and other intellectual property assets to become a bigger source of financing for European companies, with its European Innovation Act aiming to unlock €10.2 billion a year while t... (more story)
China top court issues first AI dispute guidelines, leaves copyright questions open
September 09, 2026
| MLex Staff
China’s top court has issued its first judicial guidelines for artificial-intelligence disputes, clarifying fault, platform liability and evidentiary burdens while leaving unresolved whether training AI models... (more story)
China top IP court refines patent judgments amid rise in emerging-industry cases
September 09, 2026
| MLex Staff
China’s top intellectual property court is reshaping its approach to judgments to better coordinate infringement litigation with administrative patent challenges, amid a sharp rise in cases involving strategic... (more story)