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Google prevails in UK appeal court trademark fight over YouTube Shorts

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China strengthens drug IP regime with new trial-data protection rules

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Meta ruling gives EU nations roadmap to tougher rules on payments for publishers

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GEMA, Suno copyright ruling postponed by Munich court to July 31 May 26, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

A ruling in German music rights body GEMA’s lawsuit against Suno has been postponed by the Munich Regional Court to July 31. The ruling could shed light on how far AI developers can rely on copyright exception... (more story)

Cloud service providers ask Italian court to annul new cloud copyright levy May 26, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Cloud providers say Italy’s new private-copying levy on cloud storage risks raising costs, duplicating existing hardware charges and fragmenting the EU cloud market. A trade group has asked an Italian court to... (more story)

Google prevails in UK appeal court trademark fight over YouTube Shorts May 26, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Google has beaten off a trademark challenge by Shorts International in the UK Court of Appeal, with judges upholding a lower court's decision that trademarks held by the maker and distributor of short films ha... (more story)

Japan court says rival mite-trap sheet escaped patent infringement claim May 26, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

The Osaka District Court rejected a patent infringement suit over commercial mite-trap sheets, ruling that a rival product using nonwoven fabric fell outside the scope of patents covering sponge- and mesh-base... (more story)

China proposes rules for stronger administrative track for patent disputes May 26, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s top intellectual property regulator has proposed detailed guidelines for handling patent disputes through administrative adjudication and mediation, a move that could bolster administrative enforcement... (more story)

Japan IP Court bars former cram-school franchisees from using chain's name May 25, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s IP High Court upheld a ruling barring former cram-school franchise operators from continuing to use a tutoring chain’s trademarks, company names and internet domain names after termination of their fra... (more story)

China's MGI Tech sued by Oxford Nanopore in London over sequencing trade secrets May 25, 2026 | MLex Staff

Shenzhen-based MGI Tech has been sued in London by UK biotechnology company Oxford Nanopore Technologies over allegations that it misappropriated trade secrets involving genetic-sequencing technology.

Authors suing Meta might seek early US appellate review of shadow library claims May 22, 2026 | Amy Miller

Writers suing Meta for copyright infringement are considering asking a US appeals court to resolve an “intra-district split” on whether downloading books from shadow libraries to train large language models is... (more story)

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US judges stay true to ‘substantial similarity’ test in weighing AI output claims May 26, 2026 | Emma Whitford

US judges are continuing to find that copyright owners must plausibly allege substantial similarity in order to sustain claims of derivative artificial intelligence outputs. This is a welcome trend for defenda... (more story)

SpaceX US securities filing reveals xAI details, insight into AI regulatory risks May 21, 2026 | Mike Swift

From space-based AI data centers to unvarnished disclosures about a wide spectrum of legal and regulatory risk around xAI's Grok chatbot, the S-1 securities filing by SpaceX in advance of its initial public st... (more story)

Study says structural barriers persist after USPTO’s First Amendment defeats May 21, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The US Patent and Trademark Office suffered dual defeats in 2017 and 2019 when the US Supreme Court said a refusal to register disparaging or scandalous trademarks runs afoul of the First Amendment. While expl... (more story)

US FTC scrutiny reduced Orange Book protections for 19 drugs, study finds May 21, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Requests by the Federal Trade Commission to delist over 400 medical device patents from the Food and Drug Administration’s Orange Book are set to shorten the period during which listed patents may delay generi... (more story)

Small inventors lose largest booster with Massie primary defeat May 20, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Small inventors took a hit late Tuesday after Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Massie lost his reelection primary following a rift with President Trump. Massie has been the most outspoken critic of th... (more story)

Board of Peace trademark applications thrust USPTO into uncharted territory May 19, 2026 | Steve Scherer

President Donald Trump has built his last name into one of the world’s most recognizable political and commercial brands, showing he appreciates trademark law. Now the US Patent and Trademark Office is trying ... (more story)

Meta ruling gives EU nations roadmap to tougher rules on payments for publishers May 19, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

A ruling by the EU's top court in a case brought by Meta gives publishers stronger leverage to seek payment, data and regulator support when platforms use news content. For social media providers, it raises co... (more story)

Vietnam's IP reforms no longer enough as US demands enforcement results May 18, 2026 | Hoa Dinh

Vietnam’s elevation to “Priority Foreign Country” status in the US Special 301 Report suggests that legislative reforms and short-term crackdowns may no longer satisfy Washington, as the US increasingly pushes... (more story)