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Music IP Holdings CEO says AI patent strategy favors licensing over lawsuits August 28, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Music IP Holdings is negotiating with additional AI companies as it looks to turn its expanding patent portfolio into common infrastructure for generative content, Chief Executive Daniel Drolet told MLex. Udio... (more story)

Samsung’s patent in FRAND dispute with ZTE upheld by UK court August 28, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

ZTE has failed to invalidate a Samsung patent at the center of a long-running and multi-jurisdictional dispute between the companies over fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory — FRAND — terms for the licensi... (more story)

Chagee secures trademark victory over lookalike milk-tea branding in China August 28, 2026 | MLex Staff

A Chinese court has ruled that owning registered trademarks doesn’t shield a business from infringement claims when it alters or combines them in ways that create confusion with an established brand.

Japan rights holders say private piracy enforcement has hit its limits August 28, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan's music and publishing industries are pressing the government for stronger tools to combat online piracy, arguing that private enforcement is struggling to keep pace with operators that can shift domains... (more story)

China to open up government IP data for AI, commercial use August 28, 2026 | MLex Staff

China will expand access to and commercial use of government-held intellectual-property data, using it to train industry-specific artificial intelligence models, support financing and corporate research and in... (more story)

IP licensing and business: Aug. 14-Aug. 27 August 27, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Huawei and HP cross-license WiFi to resolve litigation, while drug licensing dominated in recent weeks, led by multibillion-dollar obesity and immunology agreements. Sisvel set point-of-sale pool rates, Access... (more story)

This week at the UPC: Aug. 21-27 August 27, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys

The Unified Patent Court this week decided on injunctions, infringements and withdrawal actions. HMD was found to be an "unwilling licensee" and failed to block an injunction order over its smartphones and tab... (more story)

South Korea music copyright group reverses AI rules amid stakeholder divisions August 27, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

The Korea Music Copyright Association has withdrawn new filing and registration criteria for AI-assisted musical works less than a month after adopting them, citing requests from the National Assembly and the ... (more story)

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Congress takes aim at familiar foil in US economic espionage prosecutions August 28, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The US Department of Justice has made economic espionage a centerpiece of its effort to protect critical technologies from foreign adversaries. But an analysis by MLex of nearly three decades of prosecutions s... (more story)

Samsung-Swatch UK damages ruling could spur action against digital infringement August 28, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

A UK judge’s decision to award Swatch $11.6 million in damages after a finding that Samsung infringed the watch conglomerate’s trademarks could encourage more brands to pursue court action against similar digi... (more story)

Patent pools shape SEP licensing choices in court disputes August 28, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

German applied research organization Fraunhofer has secured injunctions against Finnish mobile phone manufacturer HMD Global in two Unified Patent Court cases, strengthening the role of patent pools in Standar... (more story)

Amgen appeal tests antitrust reach over pending patent rights August 26, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Review by the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit of Amgen’s Enbrel patent strategy could clarify that acquisitions of rights to pending patent applications receive no categorical exemption from antitru... (more story)

US FDA’s handling of commercial information may be harming food safety August 25, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The Food and Drug Administration's handling of confidential commercial information in foodborne illness investigations misapplies trade secret law, advocates tell MLex, granting broad protections for informati... (more story)

OpenAI’s European GPT trademark setback tests ownership of AI terminology August 25, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

OpenAI’s failed bid to keep its GPT trademark in the EU shows the difficulty that technology companies face in protecting terms that become industry vocabulary. The dispute, which follows the rejection of Open... (more story)

Japan's AI code puts 'explain' to the test August 25, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s finalized generative AI principles code gives AI providers clearer boundaries around what they are expected to disclose, while putting more substance around what it means to “explain” when they do not.

US DOJ patent deposit stance wins narrow embrace in Corteva-Inari ruling August 24, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A summary judgment Friday clarified one side of an important boundary for biological patent deposits — public availability does not create a public license. But the question of whether Inari Agriculture's cond... (more story)