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This week at the UPC: July 31-Aug. 6 August 06, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss

This week at the UPC, three different disputes were settled out-of-court, with a fourth one being published two weeks after being withdrawn as well. Kodak managed to reverse an injunction and got its €1.72 mil... (more story)

China revamps IC layout-design IP regime to support next-generation chips August 06, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has overhauled its integrated circuit layout-design regulations for the first time in more than two decades, expanding protection to emerging chip technologies while tightening registration and enforcement rules.

Nintendo ruling expands India's protection for well-known trademarks August 06, 2026 | Freny Patel

Nintendo's Delhi High Court victory reinforces India's expanding protection for well-known trademarks, preventing their use in unrelated sectors where corporate names could imply a false commercial association.

UKIPO issues first decision following change in software patentability August 05, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

The UK Intellectual Property Office will reassess a patent application for the software behind a virtual dial gauge,  giving an indication of how it will adapt to the new alignment with European practice. It's... (more story)

Norway’s Lace gains conditional UK approval to buy Birmingham University chip IP August 05, 2026 | Jon Menon

Lace Lithography, a Norwegian technology company, has gained conditional approval from the UK government to buy advanced semiconductor intellectual property from Britain’s University of Birmingham following a ... (more story)

China top court upholds validity of two Huawei patents in HMD challenges August 05, 2026 | MLex Staff

China's highest court has upheld two Huawei patents challenged by smartphone maker HMD Technology (Shenzhen), reinforcing an approach to inventive step that focuses on a patent's underlying technical concept r... (more story)

US patent lawsuit volume hits decade high before sharp decline in 2026 August 05, 2026 | Steve Scherer

US patent case filings reached their highest level in a decade last year before falling back in early 2026, while petitions at the US Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board dropped over th... (more story)

China links export-control violations to exit-ban risk August 04, 2026 | MLex Staff

Chinese authorities will be able to bar citizens from leaving the country over export-control or technology-transfer violations that may endanger China’s industrial or technology security, under new State Coun... (more story)

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Meta’s French injunction spotlights risks around negotiating power August 06, 2026 | Jean Comte

Meta Platforms’ entanglement with French investigators last month shows the antitrust pitfalls for dominant companies in supplying data to partners on the other side of the negotiating table. Meta’s tactic of ... (more story)

US trademark owners turn to Schedule A as blocking bills bypass counterfeiting August 05, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Trademark owners are leveraging what's known as "Schedule A" litigation to reach successor accounts and online intermediaries as they seek remedies that increasingly resemble the dynamic blocking regimes available abroad.

US trade court judge's BMW ruling could raise stakes for forum-selection clauses (update*) August 05, 2026 | Steve Scherer

A US International Trade Commission judge may have handed companies facing Section 337 investigations a powerful new tool, ruling for what practitioners said was the first time that a forum-selection clause wa... (more story)

Squires' impact may explain drop in patent eligibility affirmance rate August 05, 2026 | Nick Robertson

A small decline in the Patent Trial and Appeal Board affirmance rate of patent examiners' § 101 rejections could be explained by US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires' focus on broadening eligib... (more story)

UK-India free trade agreement could spark pharma patent litigation August 05, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Pharmaceutical patent holders in the UK could be facing new efforts to invalidate their protections and open the door for generic medications from India, after the free trade agreement between the countries el... (more story)

US Congress eyes barring seed utility patents amid industry consolidation August 04, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Democrats in the US Congress have proposed ending utility patent protection for most future seed innovations, limiting protection instead to the Plant Variety Protection Act and Plant Patent Act. Supporters ar... (more story)

Louis Vuitton, Molly Tea dispute tests China's trademark boundaries August 04, 2026 | MLex Staff

Louis Vuitton's trademark victory over Chinese tea chain Molly Tea has sparked a broad legal debate that has expanded well beyond the 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) damages award to questions about public cult... (more story)

India's AI copyright ruling exposes limits of existing law August 04, 2026 | Freny Patel

India's recent artificial intelligence copyright ruling aligns more closely with US and Japanese approaches, highlighting the limits of existing copyright law and leaving the question of statutory remuneration... (more story)