UK advances IP-backed lending push with £500m ringfenced fund
July 13, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
Small- and medium-sized UK enterprises with significant intellectual property assets will benefit from a ringfenced fund of £500 million for lending to help them grow, the government said on Monday. The money,... (more story)
Japan government AI trial puts vendor know-how safeguards in focus
July 13, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
Japan’s Digital Agency will test three domestically developed large language models on the government cloud, moving its public sector AI project into a phase where model development history, training data comp... (more story)
China's new punitive damages rule tested in repeat trademark-infringement appeal
July 13, 2026
| MLex Staff
A Chinese court has upheld punitive damages against an online merchant who resumed selling trademark-infringing products after settling an earlier dispute with a lingerie brand, marking the first reported appl... (more story)
Google denied interim relief in India trademark appeal
July 13, 2026
| Freny Patel
Google failed to secure a stay of an Indian court ruling holding its AdWords keyword advertising program liable for trademark infringement, leaving intact a previous judgment with broader implications for onli... (more story)
Apple sues OpenAI over alleged hardware trade secret theft in US
July 10, 2026
| Nick Robertson
Apple filed a US trade secret misappropriation suit Friday against OpenAI, two of its employees and hardware subsidiary io Products in the Northern District of California, alleging the AI giant stole trade sec... (more story)
Altana Wealth loses UK appeal in Venezuela investment trade secrets case
July 10, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
Altana Wealth and Brevent Advisory have lost their appeal against a UK High Court ruling that found the companies had misused IlliquidX’s trade secrets in setting up an investment fund trading in distressed Venezuelan debt.
China IP advisers urge faster, more flexible protection for AI, other technologies
July 10, 2026
| MLex Staff
China should adapt its intellectual property system more quickly to the needs of artificial intelligence, data-intensive technologies and other emerging industries by combining faster administrative measures w... (more story)
Japan court upholds Panasonic win against Nikon in RED camera patent dispute
July 10, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
Japan's Intellectual Property High Court has upheld the invalidation of a video-camera patent developed by US cinematic camera maker RED.com, rejecting an appeal after Japanese camera maker Nikon acquired the ... (more story)