Pirelli wins UPC patent infringement claim against Chinese manufacturer
May 27, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
Italian tire maker Pirelli has succeeded in its patent infringement claim against a Chinese rival, after products and brochures from Sichuan Yuanxing Rubber Co., or SYR, were seized at a trade show in Milan. W... (more story)
Japan IP Court says Mitsui High-tec cured motor patent flaws after earlier reversal
May 27, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court upheld a Mitsui High-tec patent covering a method for securing magnets inside electric-motor components, rejecting Toyota Boshoku’s latest attempt to invalidate the pat... (more story)
Honor wins trademark appeal as Chinese court imposes punitive damages
May 27, 2026
| MLex Staff
Honor Terminal has won a trademark appeal raising compensation to 30 million yuan ($4.4 million) from 12 million yuan after a Shanghai court imposed punitive damages over continued sales of infringing laptops ... (more story)
GEMA, Suno copyright ruling postponed by Munich court to July 31
May 26, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
A ruling in German music rights body GEMA’s lawsuit against Suno has been postponed by the Munich Regional Court to July 31. The ruling could shed light on how far AI developers can rely on copyright exception... (more story)
Cloud service providers ask Italian court to annul new cloud copyright levy
May 26, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
Cloud providers say Italy’s new private-copying levy on cloud storage risks raising costs, duplicating existing hardware charges and fragmenting the EU cloud market. A trade group has asked an Italian court to... (more story)
Google prevails in UK appeal court trademark fight over YouTube Shorts
May 26, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
Google has beaten off a trademark challenge by Shorts International in the UK Court of Appeal, with judges upholding a lower court's decision that trademarks held by the maker and distributor of short films ha... (more story)
Japan court says rival mite-trap sheet escaped patent infringement claim
May 26, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
The Osaka District Court rejected a patent infringement suit over commercial mite-trap sheets, ruling that a rival product using nonwoven fabric fell outside the scope of patents covering sponge- and mesh-base... (more story)
China proposes rules for stronger administrative track for patent disputes
May 26, 2026
| MLex Staff
China’s top intellectual property regulator has proposed detailed guidelines for handling patent disputes through administrative adjudication and mediation, a move that could bolster administrative enforcement... (more story)