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AI pioneer Stephen Thaler sues Indian government over copyright deadlock April 09, 2026 | Freny Patel

Stephen Thaler has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court over delays on AI-generated artwork copyright, challenging India’s stance on non-human authorship and seeking recognition of art created by the DABUS... (more story)

UPC sharpens inventive-step approach in ventilation patent dispute April 08, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

The Unified Patent Court has clarified that prior art must address the same problem as an invention to challenge inventive step, upholding Vilpe’s patent for a roof ventilation pipe, and offering further guida... (more story)

Dyson wins UPC injunction against Dreame as judges exclude UK from its reach April 08, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Dyson has won an injunction against Dreame’s hair styler at the Unified Patent Court, with judges finding infringement and extending relief to Spain via an EU-based importer. The court refused UK coverage, cla... (more story)

Wuxi DK inks licensing deal amid push to enforce DuPont-origin patents April 08, 2026 | MLex Staff

Wuxi DK Electronic Materials, a Chinese solar-cell materials provider, has signed a patent-licensing agreement as it steps up efforts to enforce and monetize DuPont-origin patents central to its intellectual p... (more story)

Chinese court rejects song copyright claim, finds years of implied consent April 07, 2026 | MLex Staff

A Chinese court has rejected a copyright infringement claim over a song, finding that a music company acted in good faith after the songwriter tacitly allowed its use of the work for years.

Japan court says social media texts can be protected works, rejects priest's lawsuit April 07, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

The Osaka District Court rejected a lawsuit by a Buddhist temple priest and his temple seeking to deny copyright infringement and silence an author’s accusations, holding that the priest’s social media posts a... (more story)

Global deviation on SEP regulation set to complicate licensing environment April 06, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Kirti Gupta, vice president and chief economist at Cornerstone Research, told MLex the globally fractured standard-essential patent enforcement environment has served to further increase legal costs and bring ... (more story)

USTR slams India's tech rules, IP gaps as trade frictions mount April 06, 2026 | Freny Patel

The Office of the United States Trade Representative has labelled India’s content takedowns “politically motivated” trade barriers, and said stricter tech rules, weak trade secret protection, data restrictions... (more story)

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Japan's 3D trademark law still stops short of the house itself April 09, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has offered a sharp reminder that, even after Japan opened trademark law to three-dimensional signs, the path from distinctive design to protectable branding remains narrow.

Unclear legal landscape for AI spawns licensing as US sees 100 copyright cases April 08, 2026 | Nick Robertson and Emma Whitford

A group of YouTube creators sued Apple, OpenAI and Amazon late last week, bringing the number of copyright lawsuits over artificial intelligence in the US to 100. With the central question of fair use for AI t... (more story)

USPTO applies Tianma precedent to unwind TikTok IPRs already underway April 08, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

In the first major application of a recent declaration that foreign governments and entities they control aren’t eligible to challenge patents under the America Invents Act, the US Patent and Trademark Office ... (more story)

SEP licensing headaches prompt fresh look at aggregate royalty depositories April 07, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

With patent litigation ever expanding — and determinations of FRAND licensing rates for SEPs becoming fractured across different courts — thoughts are turning to the real-world use of aggregated royalty deposi... (more story)

Antitrust Division staff depart US DOJ as morale sinks April 06, 2026 | Khushita Vasant, Alex Wilts and Chris May

Low morale and concerns about the direction of enforcement have led to a series of departures from the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice, and more exits are expected this month, MLex has learned.

Realtek sham litigation claim against MediaTek won’t get boost in Texas April 03, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A Texas federal judge's refusal this week to award attorney fees to Realtek for two patent infringement lawsuits it faced in 2021 may undercut claims that MediaTek bankrolled sham litigation, but it is unlikel... (more story)

Evolving Schedule A tactics in US court could test limits of local rules April 02, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A new study argues that the structure of Schedule A litigation and local rules in one US court could allow intellectual property owners to steer cases away from the courtrooms where they are most likely to fac... (more story)

Semaglutide patent expiry exposes global split on access, exclusivity April 02, 2026 | Freny Patel and Melissa Ritti

Semaglutide’s patent expiry has triggered global divergence, with India seeing rapid generic entry and price cuts, China promoting innovation, and the US maintaining exclusivity, forcing Novo Nordisk to adapt ... (more story)