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AI infrastructure emerges as next frontier for patent licensing

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China opens regulatory data protection to foreign pharma, but gaps remain

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Indian court refuses to halt OpenAI training, citing risks to public interest July 24, 2026 | Freny Patel

OpenAI defeated ANI Media's bid for an interim injunction after the Delhi High Court held that training generative artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, on copyrighted works is prima facie fair dealing and... (more story)

Japan IP Court rejects web-fiction plagiarism appeal against publisher July 24, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan's Intellectual Property High Court has rejected a web novelist's copyright appeal against publisher SB Creative, finding that the alleged similarities in characters, story elements and other features bet... (more story)

China targets patent agencies, attorneys in bad-faith filing crackdown July 24, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has stepped up its campaign against patent-agency misconduct, with 21 newly published penalty decisions showing how regulators are increasingly targeting the intermediaries that facilitate bad-faith pate... (more story)

South Korean startup seeks to bridge AI music copyright infrastructure gap July 24, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

South Korean music technology startup Neutune is developing AI infrastructure that identifies the component-level contributions of copyrighted works used to generate new music, aiming to enable transparent rig... (more story)

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)

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AI infrastructure emerges as next frontier for patent licensing July 24, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Patent owners and licensing executives are looking at the hardware needed for the rapid build-out of AI data centers and devices as the next major licensing market for standard-essential patents.

US Senate targets ‘patent thickets,’ but supporters say it isn't enough July 23, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The Senate passed the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act by unanimous consent this week, approving a cap on the number of patents asserted in biosimilar litigation. Supporters say the vote reflects grow... (more story)

China opens regulatory data protection to foreign pharma, but gaps remain July 23, 2026 | Nick Robertson

New pharmaceutical regulatory data protection requirements in China eliminate earlier China-first launch requirements, giving foreign drugmakers equal access to up to six years of market exclusivity under most... (more story)

AI patent surge signals broader global and industrial reach July 23, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Generative artificial intelligence patenting expanded rapidly over the past two years across countries and industries, signaling AI’s evolution toward becoming a general-purpose technology, according to a Worl... (more story)

Intellectual property emerges as Big Law's newest consolidation catalyst July 22, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The merger of US-based Winston & Strawn with Taylor Wessing's UK-led business is set to test demand for intellectual property counsel capable of straddling the geographic divide. But unlike most transatlantic ... (more story)

OMB grant reforms put commercialization pipeline at risk, stakeholders warn July 17, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Universities, trade groups, legal experts and technology transfer organizations say a planned rewrite of federal grant rules injects unprecedented uncertainty into the process through which government-funded r... (more story)

Geoblocking in copyright protection spotlight as ECJ ruling changes landscape July 17, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Companies publishing copyrighted material online face new challenges and opportunities following a significant recent decision by the EU’s highest court that puts geoblocking at the heart of copyright protection strategies.

As AI blurs reality, trademarks could become badges of authenticity July 16, 2026 | Steve Scherer

As AI blurs the line between genuine and fabricated content, trademarks could come to signify not only who made a product, but also that it is authentic.