UK drink maker Aapa Life slogan wasn't distinctive enough, watchdog says
July 08, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
UK soft drink maker Aapa Life's effort to trademark the phrase “It’s pop, but better” was rejected in May on the grounds that it was insufficiently distinctive, the UK Intellectual Property Office has said. Th... (more story)
BioNTech, Pfizer defeat Promosome Covid-19 vaccine patent lawsuit at UPC
July 08, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
BioNTech and Pfizer have defeated Promosome’s Unified Patent Court lawsuit over Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccines, with judges revoking the asserted mRNA-related patent in Germany, France and Sweden. The court found... (more story)
Meta subject to French antitrust injunction in dispute with publishers (update*)
July 08, 2026
| Jean Comte
Meta Platforms must negotiate with press publishers over remuneration for using their content and provide them with the necessary information, according to interim measures adopted on Wednesday by the French c... (more story)
China clarifies standards for post-filed experimental data in Pfizer patent challenge
July 08, 2026
| MLex Staff
China's patent regulator has clarified the standards for evaluating post-filed experimental data in pharmaceutical patent challenges, citing a landmark Pfizer drug patent case to explain how such evidence shou... (more story)
Japan court rejects patent on technology that makes robots seem alive
July 08, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
Japan's Intellectual Property High Court has upheld the rejection of a patent application for technology designed to make robots appear more lifelike by simulating subtle involuntary human eye movements, findi... (more story)
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)