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Rare Japan IP Court opinion request probes pharmaceutical patent rules

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Joseph Allen on keeping the Bayh-Dole Act’s legacy alive, 45 years later

Apple and Optis clash over future of FRAND rates at UK Supreme Court

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Salesforce battles bid to put CEO Benioff at center of US AI copyright dispute July 07, 2026 | Amy Miller

Book authors accusing Salesforce of illegally using a pirated online dataset to train its artificial intelligence tools want to search documents from Chief Executive Marc Benioff and other senior executives, a... (more story)

Belgian copyright regime exceeds EU law, EU court told July 07, 2026 | Matthew Newman

The European Commission told the EU's highest court on Tuesday that Belgium’s legislation that allows payments to artists and performers goes beyond what’s allowed under EU law, undermines the bloc's harmonize... (more story)

Microsoft loses appeal over copyright matters in UK licensing case July 07, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Microsoft has lost its appeal over copyright matters in an antitrust claim over software license reselling brought against it by ValueLicensing. At the UK Court of Appeal, Microsoft challenged findings from th... (more story)

Rare Japan IP Court opinion request probes pharmaceutical patent rules July 07, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan's Intellectual Property High Court has invited third-party submissions in an appeal that could clarify the scope of the country's pharmaceutical patent-term extension regime, signaling that it sees legal... (more story)

China's top court rejects Mengniu retrial bid in Yili trade dress dispute July 07, 2026 | MLex Staff

China's highest court has rejected dairy giant Mengniu Dairy's bid to reopen a trade dress dispute, leaving intact a 5-million-yuan ($700,000) award in favor of rival Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group.

USPTO drops ‘Board of Peace’ trademark applications, ending unusual legal test July 06, 2026 | Steve Scherer

The USPTO abandoned trademark applications it filed for President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace," ending an unprecedented attempt to register marks it acknowledged it did not own.

Google, Meta, Streamz contest Belgian copyright payments at EU court July 06, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Google, Meta Platforms, Spotify and Belgian streaming platform Streamz told the EU's highest court Monday that Belgium's requirement for streaming platforms to make additional payments to authors and performer... (more story)

Louis Vuitton win over Molly Tea fuels trademark debate in China July 06, 2026 | MLex Staff

Louis Vuitton Malletier has won a trademark-infringement lawsuit against Chinese milk tea chain Molly Tea, in a ruling that has sparked debate over how far trademark law should protect a four-petal flower logo.

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Canada’s generic GLP-1 highlights patent disparity with US July 07, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The approval of the first generic semaglutide for weight loss in Canada last week highlights key differences in patent regulation between Canada and the US, where the market-leading GLP-1 medication will enjoy... (more story)

Streaming platforms seek EU court guidance on Belgian copyright rules July 03, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Matthew Newman

Belgian streaming platform Streamz, Spotify, Google and other companies will ask the EU's highest court on July 6 and July 7 to determine whether Belgium can require streaming platforms to make additional paym... (more story)

'Forensics first' approach gains ground in US trade secret litigation July 02, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A new Sedona Conference draft commentary — and a dispute between two enterprise database software providers currently unfolding across two US states — could show trade secret litigation transitioning to a fron... (more story)

Joseph Allen on keeping the Bayh-Dole Act’s legacy alive, 45 years later July 02, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Joseph Allen, president of the Bayh-Dole Coalition, didn’t know much about innovation policy when he started helping craft his coalition’s namesake university patent rights bill in the late 1970s. It transform... (more story)

Delaware, NJ courts' patent funding data sharpens debate over disclosure July 01, 2026 | Steve Scherer

A new study of third-party litigation funding, or TPLF, found that patent litigation accounts for nearly all funded cases before US District Judge Colm Connolly in Delaware, with about 15 percent of patent sui... (more story)

China's trademark overhaul shifts trademark protection beyond registration July 01, 2026 | MLex Staff

China's latest trademark law overhaul suggests policymakers are redefining trademarks less as rights acquired through registration than as commercial assets whose protection depends on continued lawful use.

Litigation funding faces first review at EU’s top court June 30, 2026 | Jean Comte

Litigation funders will see judges at the EU's highest court get their first taste of the burgeoning industry in a case over whether antitrust class actions backed by investment funds infringe the bloc's rules... (more story)

US high court ruling on FTC's Slaughter could seal firing of copyright chief Perlmutter June 29, 2026 | Nick Robertson

A US Supreme Court decision Monday allowing the president to fire members of the Federal Trade Commission for any reason could hurt Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter’s legal arguments to keep her own job... (more story)