China's Jingdiao ruling tests boundaries of trade-secret protection
September 17, 2026
| MLex Staff
China’s top court has sent a strong deterrent message through its 380-million-yuan ($56 million) Jingdiao trade-secret ruling. But can plainly wrongful conduct justify treating tens of thousands of drawings co... (more story)
Drug patent disputes impede US access to cheaper biosimilars
September 16, 2026
| Steve Scherer
An AAM report says costly US patent litigation is expected to leave 90 percent of the 118 biologics losing patent protection over the next decade without biosimilar competition. It could cost the healthcare sy... (more story)
Music industry tackles AI-fueled streaming fraud as licensing market grows
September 15, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
AI is creating a new revenue stream for record labels while also making streaming fraud cheaper and easier to scale. The labels are pushing tighter distributor checks, clearer AI labeling and voluntary licensi... (more story)
US presses Supreme Court to leave IPR criteria to USPTO discretion
September 14, 2026
| Melissa Ritti
A filing by the federal government in support of the US Patent and Trademark Office’s “settled expectations” policy goes beyond patent age to argue that because Congress never required inter partes review inst... (more story)
Uncrustables fame ruling sets up functionality fight over crimped edge
September 11, 2026
| Melissa Ritti
J.M. Smucker Co.'s trademark dilution claim against Trader Joe’s remains live after a US judge found the Uncrustables maker adequately pleaded the fame of four asserted design marks. Discovery will likely test... (more story)
X’s ‘Twitter’ injunction shows cracks in retired trademark portfolio
September 10, 2026
| Melissa Ritti
A parenthetical is keeping X Corp.’s “Twitter” trademarks enforceable — for now — but a trail of digital relics wasn’t enough for a Delaware federal judge to include “Tweet” or the famed bird logo in a prelimi... (more story)
US copyright owners seek fresh take on transformative fair use in AI training wars
September 09, 2026
| Emma Whitford
Copyright owners aren’t denying the myriad novel uses of ChatGPT, summary judgment briefs in closely watched US lawsuits show. Instead, they say that an innovative technology can still be a substitute for the ... (more story)
Laion case could steer EU AI copyright reform
September 09, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
Germany’s top civil court is poised to send a copyright dispute between a photographer and AI dataset provider Laion to the EU's top court, raising questions over text and data mining, machine-readable opt-out... (more story)