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Japan IP Court to review JPO cancellations of Keyence factory-dashboard patents June 04, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

One of Japan’s leading factory-automation companies is challenging two Japan Patent Office decisions that cancelled related patents for PLC dashboard technology after opposition from a small Japanese company.

China's top court upholds specialty food trademark, rejects challenge June 04, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s highest court has rejected a request to reopen a trademark dispute involving a geographical indication, preserving protection for a regional food brand and bringing to a close a legal challenge that la... (more story)

EU Commission not reopening IP enforcement law despite patent injunction concerns June 03, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

The European Commission is resisting calls to reopen the EU's IP enforcement law, despite concerns over inconsistent proportionality in patent injunction cases. Lawmakers are preparing a possible report, while... (more story)

In Kodak-Fujifilm dispute, UPC reasserts extraterritorial reach June 03, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court has said that it has jurisdiction to rule on the alleged infringement of UK patents. In a dispute between Kodak and Fujifilm, the EU’s highest patent court cited... (more story)

EU parliament report on IP-enforcement rules gets legal-committee approval June 03, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Party coordinators have approved a push by the European Parliament to examine whether the EU’s 20-year-old IP enforcement rulebook needs updating, as debate intensifies over patent injunctions and proportionality. 

China puts AI copyright violations in crosshairs of annual anti-piracy campaign June 03, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has launched its annual anti-piracy campaign, placing artificial intelligence-related copyright infringement high on its enforcement agenda as regulators step up scrutiny of generative AI and model training.

Tech group warns EU copyright overhaul could put €600bn in AI value at risk (update*) June 03, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Tech companies warn that tougher rules on training models could weaken Europe’s AI industry and put €600 billion in future annual value at risk, as Brussels reopens the fight over AI and copyright. Meanwhile, ... (more story)

Trump nominates three to fill commissioner vacancies at USITC June 02, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker and Nick Robertson

President Donald Trump has made three nominations for commissioners to the US International Trade Commission, potentially filling openings that have been vacant for years.

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TikTok faces Japan's first AI voice clone test as actor seeks deletion June 03, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

A Japanese actor’s deletion suit against TikTok over an allegedly AI-generated imitation of his voice could test how existing law protects commercially recognizable voices — and when platforms must remove disp... (more story)

Pappas nomination could add rare patent expertise to USITC June 02, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The nomination Monday of Peter-Anthony Pappas, who leads IP policy for the Senate Judiciary Committee, to the US International Trade Commission could bring much needed expertise to a quasi-judicial body that's... (more story)

Three years in, lawmaker says more EU countries should join Unified Patent Court June 01, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

For the Unified Patent Court to live up to its potential as a tool for supporting the EU's single market, more member states should be convinced to sign up, a veteran German European Parliament lawmaker that h... (more story)

Trade secret experts divided after US Federal Circuit erases Insulet win June 01, 2026 | Steve Scherer and Nick Robertson

A precedential decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit holding that Insulet's trade-secret claims were time-barred has sparked debate among practitioners about when the Defend Trade Secre... (more story)

US DOJ to argue at high-stakes Corteva-Inari hearing in seed patent deposit row May 28, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Corteva Agriscience and Inari Agriculture will ask a federal judge Friday to decide whether biotechnology companies can restrict downstream use of biological materials they were required to deposit publicly in... (more story)

‘Hidden’ USPTO patent assignment data clouds IP business deals May 28, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The discovery of over 1.4 million patent assignment records that were previously not published in US Patent and Trademark Office data highlights the importance of data transparency and reliability for business... (more story)

Expert scrutiny reshapes standard-essential patent landscape in Brazil May 27, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Brazil’s business courts are becoming more technically rigorous in standard-essential patent disputes even as the country cements its reputation as a fast-moving injunction jurisdiction, Isabel Milman, a partn... (more story)

New DTSA jury instructions aim to bring order to growing trade secret docket May 27, 2026 | Steve Scherer

The Sedona Conference’s new DTSA model jury instructions grew out of the frustration trade secret litigators faced when they had to negotiate complex jury instructions from the ground up in federal cases.