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US forum-selection clause anchors anti-suit injunction against TV Azteca September 26, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

The Bank of New York Mellon this week won an order barring TV Azteca and others from using Mexico’s courts to avoid collection of a $400 million indenture. That the relief entered emanates from a circuit with ... (more story)

USPTO meets FY25 patent backlog goal in policy success September 26, 2025 | Nick Robertson

Changes to US Patent and Trademark Office policy intended to reduce the patent backlog and pendency appear to already be a success just months after their introduction. The office has met its goal of reducing ... (more story)

Japan Patent Office upholds GS Yuasa battery patent after Eliiy Power challenge September 26, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s Patent Office has rejected Eliiy Power’s bid to invalidate a GS Yuasa lithium-ion battery patent, confirming the patent’s validity after a claim amendment that narrowed its scope.

Baidu's Apollo wins key appeal as Chinese court backs well-known trademark September 26, 2025 | MLex Staff

Chinese tech giant Baidu’s smart-driving unit Apollo has won a landmark appeal after a Chinese court ruled that its trademark had achieved well-known status and was improperly copied by a Shenzhen e-commerce company.

OpenAI denied discovery into Google's impact on New York Times' traffic September 25, 2025 | Emma Whitford and Samuel Rubenfeld

OpenAI hit a roadblock Thursday in its quest to learn more about Google’s effect on traffic to the New York Times’ website when a US magistrate judge declined to expand its discovery timeframe to encompass the... (more story)

IP licensing and business: Sept. 12-26 September 25, 2025 | Nick Robertson

Deals in the tech space led IP licensing and business news in recent weeks, with major video codec acquisitions by SIM IP and a new semiconductor memory patent pool by Via LA making headlines.

Anthropic's $1.5bn copyright deal with authors wins preliminary US approval September 25, 2025 | Amy Miller

Anthropic’s proposed $1.5 billion copyright deal with book authors was granted preliminary approval by US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco, who said it's "a fair settlement, at least it reaches th... (more story)

All nondiscriminatory pricing must be public, Brazil CADE president says September 25, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

All nondiscriminatory pricing must be public, the president of Brazil’s competition authority, Gustavo Augusto, said Thursday.

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Executive order may recast USPTO role in national security September 26, 2025 | Nick Robertson

A recent executive order’s designation of patent examiners’ work as “relating to national security” offers a chance for the US Patent and Trademark Office to re-evaluate how it coordinates with US defense agen... (more story)

Does Great British Energy promise IP boom for clean and green tech in the UK? September 26, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

A UK government-owned investment body aimed at helping drive the green energy transition and boost funding for Net Zero projects could help catalyze the development of green energy IP in a traditionally risk-a... (more story)

Comet, XP Power's US dispute underscores need for clearly defined trade secrets September 25, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit last week zeroed in on jury instructions which wrongly shifted the burden of proof under the Defend Trade Secrets Act to XP Power, leading one judge to ask, “How did this happen?”

Japan's AI inventorship bar leaves inventive step issues unsettled September 25, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi

While Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has ruled that only natural persons can be inventors under the Patent Act, questions remain on inventive step. As AI becomes part of everyday research, the skille... (more story)

India's trade deals propel global integration, Indian High Commissioner says September 25, 2025 | Freny Patel

India is leveraging ambitious trade agreements with the UK, Australia and the UAE — while negotiating with the EU — to boost global integration and domestic reforms. High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami told ML... (more story)

‘Stream ripping’ US allegations add to scrutiny of AI companies’ data collection September 24, 2025 | Emma Whitford

New US “stream ripping” allegations against music startup Suno AI show that artificial intelligence companies are facing increasing scrutiny for their data-acquisition practices, as plaintiffs test claims that... (more story)

AI an opportunity, risk for US trade secret protection September 24, 2025 | Nick Robertson

While many companies are opting to protect their inventions in artificial intelligence technology with trade secrets, the rise of large language models also brings new risks in data protection and security.

AI 'slop' hits worrisome note for recording industry: Can regulation protect creators? September 19, 2025 | Mike Swift

Music platforms like Deezer are being flooded with ersatz AI-generated tunes, social media platforms like Reddit face an inundation by machine-generated text and images. Is there a role for regulation and legi... (more story)