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Stewart exits USPTO as Squires pivots to AI, patent eligibility

Suno AI Music and Songs Maker App by Suno Inc Displayed on Smartphone Screen in Google Play Store Listing

Suno’s German court defeat tests Europe’s reach over US AI training

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US Congress eyes barring seed utility patents amid industry consolidation

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China rejects AI-backed inventive-step arguments in patent prosecution August 11, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s top intellectual property regulator rejected a patent application that relied on an artificial intelligence chatbot response to support its inventive-step arguments, clarifying how AI output should be ... (more story)

US Federal Circuit extends eBay irreparable harm rule to preliminary injunctions August 10, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified last week that the prohibition on presuming irreparable harm for permanent injunctions under eBay v. MercExchange and subsequent Federal Circuit preced... (more story)

Japan IP Court halts book publication after author ends informal deal August 10, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s IP High Court has barred a publisher from continuing to reproduce and distribute 14 medical books after finding that an informal publishing arrangement could be terminated by the author at any time.

China improves patent fast-track regime to favor strategic technologies August 10, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has overhauled its patent priority-examination regime for the first time in nine years, shifting accelerated review toward emerging and future industries while imposing tighter procedural and integrity requirements.

With Samsung deal, Netlist positions itself for next wave of USITC litigation August 07, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A provision in Netlist's settlement with Samsung offers a glimpse at how patent owners might structure disputes in the emerging AI-memory licensing market, by pairing a commercial alliance with a cooperation a... (more story)

Meta appeals French antitrust orders to negotiate neighboring rights August 07, 2026 | Jean Comte

Meta has appealed two interim injunctions from the French competition authority ordering the tech company to negotiate "in good faith" with press publishers over remuneration for using their members' content. ... (more story)

Google’s AI Overviews on course to trigger French antitrust action August 07, 2026 | Jean Comte

Google is accused by French press publishers of violating its own commitments on related rights when deploying its AI Overviews feature in the country in late July. Publishers are considering filing a complain... (more story)

China rejects bad-faith challenge to Xiaomi patent in first-of-its-kind case August 07, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has for the first time rejected a patent-invalidation request after finding that it was filed in bad faith and was not genuinely intended to challenge the patent’s validity, clarifying the limits on the ... (more story)

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India hotel ruling draws copyright line between access and commercial use August 11, 2026 | Freny Patel

An Indian high court ruling draws a distinction between accessing licensed content and commercially exploiting it. The Calcutta High Court order, while limited to a single hotel, could potentially require hote... (more story)

Stewart exits USPTO as Squires pivots to AI, patent eligibility August 07, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Former US Patent and Trademark Office Deputy Director Coke Morgan Stewart told MLex that she left the agency last week after concluding that Director John Squires wanted to focus the office's policy agenda on ... (more story)

Suno’s German court defeat tests Europe’s reach over US AI training August 07, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

German music rights group GEMA’s win against Suno tests whether European right holders can use local courts to challenge AI training carried out abroad, and whether collecting societies can become copyright en... (more story)

Japan bets old personality rights can handle the AI clone era August 07, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan is betting that court-developed personality rights can govern AI voice and likeness cloning, avoiding a dedicated synthetic identity law while leaving difficult questions of commercial control and liability unresolved.

In search of future blockbusters, Big Pharma turns to psychedelics August 06, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Eli Lilly's acquisition of AtaiBeckley last month signals that major drugmakers increasingly view psychedelics as a promising source of future psychiatric medicines and new patent-protected drug franchises.

Meta’s French injunction spotlights risks around negotiating power August 06, 2026 | Jean Comte

Meta Platforms’ entanglement with French investigators last month shows the antitrust pitfalls for dominant companies in supplying data to partners on the other side of the negotiating table. Meta’s tactic of ... (more story)

US trademark owners turn to Schedule A as blocking bills bypass counterfeiting August 05, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Trademark owners are leveraging what's known as "Schedule A" litigation to reach successor accounts and online intermediaries as they seek remedies that increasingly resemble the dynamic blocking regimes available abroad.

US trade court judge's BMW ruling could raise stakes for forum-selection clauses (update*) August 05, 2026 | Steve Scherer

A US International Trade Commission judge may have handed companies facing Section 337 investigations a powerful new tool, ruling for what practitioners said was the first time that a forum-selection clause wa... (more story)