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)
China's Xiaomi defeats bid for anti-theft patent injunction in India
September 17, 2026
| Freny Patel
Xiaomi defeated Conqueror’s bid to halt device sales in India after the Delhi High Court found its Find Device feature lacked patented theft-recovery features, citing delay and impending patent expiry as additional factors.
Microsoft, OpenAI, GitHub not liable for DMCA claims, US appeals court finds
September 16, 2026
| Mike Swift
A US appeals court found Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI did not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by omitting copyright-management information in Copilot and Codex outputs because the tools create ne... (more story)
UK court orders music distributor to pay NoCopyrightSounds £1.4 million
September 16, 2026
| Melissa Ritti
AEI Music must make an immediate £1.4 million payment to NoCopyrightSounds, the UK High Court ruled Tuesday, handing the record label and music publisher another victory.
Google, Cloudflare, Cisco face Belgian site-blocking deadline in DAZN piracy case
September 16, 2026
| Matthew Newman and Inbar Preiss
Google, Cloudflare and Cisco have three months to block access from Belgium to websites that illegally stream content from UK-based sports-streaming service DAZN, following a Belgian court ruling involving alt... (more story)