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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)

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US ex parte reexamination denial may signal end to post-IPR patent challenges May 27, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The shift from inter partes review (IPR) to ex parte reexamination (EPR) at the US Patent and Trademark Office may become more difficult for patent challengers who have already pursued IPR unsuccessfully. A pa... (more story)

India's patent boom faces reality check over delays, weak commercialization May 27, 2026 | Freny Patel

India’s patent filings are surging, but experts warn that weak commercialization, regulatory delays and poor monetization frameworks could prevent the country from realizing one of its most prized ambitions — ... (more story)

US judges stay true to ‘substantial similarity’ test in weighing AI output claims May 26, 2026 | Emma Whitford

US judges are continuing to find that copyright owners must plausibly allege substantial similarity in order to sustain claims of derivative artificial intelligence outputs. This is a welcome trend for defenda... (more story)

SpaceX US securities filing reveals xAI details, insight into AI regulatory risks May 21, 2026 | Mike Swift

From space-based AI data centers to unvarnished disclosures about a wide spectrum of legal and regulatory risk around xAI's Grok chatbot, the S-1 securities filing by SpaceX in advance of its initial public st... (more story)

Study says structural barriers persist after USPTO’s First Amendment defeats May 21, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The US Patent and Trademark Office suffered dual defeats in 2017 and 2019 when the US Supreme Court said a refusal to register disparaging or scandalous trademarks runs afoul of the First Amendment. While expl... (more story)

US FTC scrutiny reduced Orange Book protections for 19 drugs, study finds May 21, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Requests by the Federal Trade Commission to delist over 400 medical device patents from the Food and Drug Administration’s Orange Book are set to shorten the period during which listed patents may delay generi... (more story)

Small inventors lose largest booster with Massie primary defeat May 20, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Small inventors took a hit late Tuesday after Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Massie lost his reelection primary following a rift with President Trump. Massie has been the most outspoken critic of th... (more story)

Board of Peace trademark applications thrust USPTO into uncharted territory May 19, 2026 | Steve Scherer

President Donald Trump has built his last name into one of the world’s most recognizable political and commercial brands, showing he appreciates trademark law. Now the US Patent and Trademark Office is trying ... (more story)