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USPTO again designates discretionary denial PTAB decisions as precedential, informative January 09, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The US Patent and Trademark Office on Friday designated as precedential or informative 13 Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions regarding their discretionary denial — the same that were designated in Decembe... (more story)

X Corp. alleges US music publishers, association formed anticompetitive scheme January 09, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

X Corp. alleged in a new US antitrust complaint that major music publishers and the National Music Publishers Association formed an anticompetitive scheme to coerce X into buying industry-wide music licenses a... (more story)

Only 2 of 13 DuPont factors decide nearly all US TTAB cases, research suggests January 09, 2026 | Nick Robertson

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, just two of the 13 DuPont factors for likelihood of confusion can determine the outcome of over 99 percent of cases, according to new research by Southern Illinois Univ... (more story)

China's top court warns SEP licensing contracts can be 'tools' for monopoly conduct January 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s Supreme People’s Court has rejected a jurisdictional challenge in a standard-essential patent antitrust dispute, warning that licensing contracts can be used as “means or tools” for monopoly conduct. T... (more story)

MediaTek defends preclusion bid before US judge in Realtek antitrust suit January 09, 2026 | Chris May

MediaTek and Realtek attorneys faced extensive questioning from a California federal judge Thursday as he considers whether to throw out antitrust litigation related to a $1 million bounty for patent infringem... (more story)

Israeli-India patent battle sees Delhi High Court revoke earlier stay January 09, 2026 | Freny Patel

Finding errors in an earlier ruling, an Indian court has stayed an injunction against Automat Irrigation’s hydromat valve. The Delhi High Court also observed inapplicable UK precedents and differences, ruling ... (more story)

Section 337 review period at USITC separates appeal deadlines, court says January 08, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in a precedential decision Thursday that mixed determinations in US International Trade Commission investigations trigger different deadlines to appeal due... (more story)

This week at the UPC: Jan. 2-8 January 08, 2026 | Charlotte Westphal and Inbar Preiss

This week, the UPC published decisions made in the final days of 2025, including rejecting Amazon’s bid to suspend orders in its FRAND dispute with InterDigital, while also closing appeals, rehearings and cost challenges.

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Outcome of Shein, Temu row could inform influencer strategies for brands January 09, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A legal dispute between two fast-fashion juggernauts was pared back this week when a US judge ruled Temu’s foreign corporate parent won’t stay a defendant in the case. But the news was not all bad for Shein, w... (more story)

US trade-secret damages, criminal penalties in China could soar in 2026 January 08, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

In Asia, where trade secret violations are enforced via unfair-competition law, referrals for criminal prosecution should continue to climb, while in the UK, efforts by standard-essential patent owners to keep... (more story)

ECJ’s Szpunar on EU law’s AI challenge and ‘banalizing’ fundamental rights January 08, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

The boom in AI and the platform economy is posing challenges to Europe’s legal order and will raise questions over the approach to copyright, contracts and transparency, according to Maciej Szpunar, one of the... (more story)

Celebrities, estates worry about trademark protection after EU’s Orwell ruling January 08, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

The refusal to register “George Orwell” as a trademark for content goods by the EU's top intellectual property appeal body has raised concerns among celebrities and estates that famous-name trademarks may be h... (more story)

US Senator Blackburn's AI proposal tees up 2026 federal policy debates January 07, 2026 | Emma Whitford and Nick Robertson

A sweeping US federal legislative proposal from Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn to regulate artificial intelligence is the opening salvo in what could be a year of substantive debate on Capitol H... (more story)

Meta's Manus deal highlights China's AI challenge, regulatory gaps January 06, 2026 | MLex Staff

Meta Platform’s blockbuster acquisition of Manus appears straightforward: A US tech giant buys a promising artificial intelligence startup. But the deal exposes a troubling pattern for Beijing — Chinese-develo... (more story)

Proprietary AI data labels are often unprotected trade secrets January 02, 2026 | Nick Robertson

As companies increasingly customize AI models with proprietary software, agents and data-labeling frameworks, Saul Ewing partner Matthew Kohel told MLex that IP practitioners must remain keenly aware of the co... (more story)

UK trademarks face new vulnerabilities, China targets bad-faith filings in 2026 January 01, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The end of 2025 will mark the end of a post-Brexit rule that allowed trademark use in the UK to count in the EU, and vice versa. Elsewhere in 2026, India’s recent endorsement of an olfactory trademark is expec... (more story)