EU to curb foreign influence over strategic tech standards in upcoming overhaul
September 11, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
The EU seeks greater control over who shapes standards for strategic technologies, in a leaked proposal that would let it restrict foreign-controlled participants and diverge from global standards. The overhau... (more story)
Japan weighs limits of current law on AI voice clones
September 11, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
Japan is examining how its legal framework should address unauthorized artificial intelligence imitation of voices and likenesses.
China names Chen Fuli new CNIPA party chief as Shen Changyu prepares for WIPO role
September 11, 2026
| MLex Staff
China has tapped Chen Fuli, a former senior trade-law official with experience in international intellectual property matters, as party chief of the country’s top IP regulator, bringing an official familiar wi... (more story)
IP licensing and business: Aug. 28-Sept. 10
September 10, 2026
| Steve Scherer and Melissa Ritti
Tulip Licensing launched an imaging-technology licensing program with Canon, Sony, Huawei and OPPO. SB Energy revised its trademark royalty arrangement with SoftBank ahead of its IPO. Roche licensed worldwide ... (more story)
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)