Participants of European group to address FRAND arbitration differ on approach
July 23, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
A new European body focused on mediating patent disputes is planning to publish guidelines on how questions of fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory, or FRAND, rates for standard essential patents, or SEPs, ... (more story)
This week at the UPC: July 17-23
July 23, 2026
| Inbar Preiss and Anna Lauwereys
The UPC this week clarified how conditional revocation claims should proceed on appeal, upheld Baussmann’s wooden-nail patent in amended form and ruled that Chinese defendants could not avoid proceedings by re... (more story)
China's largest academic database bars AI authors, igniting debate over copyright
July 23, 2026
| MLex Staff
China's largest academic database has begun removing papers that list artificial intelligence systems as authors, setting new boundaries for generative AI in academic publishing and reigniting debate over copy... (more story)
China invalidates Aux compressor patent over unsupported claim scope
July 23, 2026
| MLex Staff
China's highest court has upheld the invalidation of an Aux compressor patent after finding that its claims exceeded what the patent specification actually disclosed, bringing to a close a years-long legal bat... (more story)
L'Oréal wins Delhi High Court appeal to expand Indian trademark suit
July 23, 2026
| Freny Patel
L'Oréal won a Delhi High Court appeal allowing it to add trademark infringement claims to an existing passing-off suit, reinforcing that post-registration infringement claims need not require separate proceedings.
Shorts International seeks to take Google trademark case to UK Supreme Court
July 22, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
Short film distributor Shorts International has applied to have its trademark claim against Google’s YouTube Shorts heard by the UK Supreme Court, after it lost its case against the tech giant at the Court of Appeal.
UK intellectual property policy outlook uncertain after departmental overhaul
July 22, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
The outlook for UK intellectual property policy remains uncertain after the country's new prime minister Andy Burnham took office this week and scrapped the ministry which had overseen the UK Intellectual Prop... (more story)
Japan IP Court settles Alibaba-BWB customs patent battle with split rulings
July 22, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
Japan's Intellectual Property High Court has upheld the validity of a Japanese patent covering cross-border e-commerce customs-clearance technology while separately confirming that Alibaba's accused software d... (more story)