Japan IP Court settles Alibaba-BWB customs patent battle with split rulings
July 22, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
Japan's Intellectual Property High Court has upheld the validity of a Japanese patent covering cross-border e-commerce customs-clearance technology while separately confirming that Alibaba's accused software d... (more story)
Samsung, SK Hynix lead race as DRAM SEP market emerges
July 22, 2026
| Steve Scherer
Artificial intelligence is fueling the emergence of a new market for licensing standard-essential patents covering memory technology, with Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology holding the strong... (more story)
China court reopens Morphy Richards trademark dispute over new evidence of hoarding
July 21, 2026
| MLex Staff
China's highest court has reopened a trademark-invalidation proceeding after ruling that later-emerging evidence of large-scale trademark hoarding constituted new facts that fell outside the scope of the "no r... (more story)
Indian court sides with ZARA in trademark dispute with ZORA
July 21, 2026
| Freny Patel
ZARA won an Indian trademark appeal after the Delhi High Court ordered cancellation of the "ZORA" mark, reaffirming the anti-dissection principle and extending protection for well-known trademarks across dissimilar goods.
Anthropic's $1.5 billion US copyright settlement wins final approval
July 20, 2026
| Amy Miller
Anthropic’s $1.5 billion class action settlement with book authors whose works were downloaded from “shadow” libraries to train its chatbot Claude was granted final approval Monday after US Judge Araceli Martí... (more story)
AI labels won’t decide copyright protection or infringement, EU says
July 20, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
EU guidance says AI labels will not determine whether content is protected by copyright or infringes creators’ rights. It gives creative works flexibility over deepfake disclosures while requiring providers to... (more story)
Biogen no longer under investigation by EU over MS drug patent move
July 20, 2026
| Lewis Crofts
Biogen is no longer under investigation by the European Commission for a potential antitrust breach over extra patent protection related to a multiple sclerosis drug, MLex has learned. The US company had recei... (more story)
China highlights digital prosecution techniques in cross-border piracy appeal
July 20, 2026
| MLex Staff
Chinese prosecutors have showcased how digital evidence and forensic verification can sustain criminal copyright convictions even when defendants refuse to confess, highlighting evolving evidentiary practices ... (more story)