Italy’s transport and antitrust regulators are set to clash at a May 27 interim hearing over French operator SNCF’s planned entry into Italy’s high-speed rail market, MLex has learned. Italy’s transport regula... (more story)

After a promised bill to reform UK litigation funding didn't materialize in government legislative plans earlier this month, collective-action funders and claimants were left unsettled and uncertain. While min... (more story)

MLex Summary: The role of private equity ownership models in the childcare market should be investigated by the antitrust regulator to see whether they are driving up costs and creating risks for those who dep... (more story)

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)

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’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)

MLex Summary: The US government announced a framework critical minerals cooperation deal with Japan, Australia and India, under which the four nations will put up to $20 billion in state and private funds to i... (more story)

MLex Summary: The Export-Import Bank of the United States announced the launch of ExportAI, a program aimed at promoting exports of US-manufactured artificial intelligence technologies, part of an executive or... (more story)

MLex summary: US producers Calgon Carbon Corporation and Norit Americas filed a lawsuit at the Court of International Trade to contest the Commerce Department's April review of an antidumping order on certain ... (more story)

Malaysia will require online platforms to implement age-verification measures ensuring only users aged 16 and above can register for services and access age-appropriate features under new online safety codes t... (more story)

Connect Europe, which represents European telecom companies Deutsche Telekom, Orange and Telefónica, has issued a 12-point plan to improve the EU's Digital Networks Act, a draft EU telecom bill aimed at transf... (more story)

Connect Europe, the European telecom industry group, said the EU’s proposed telecom reform doesn’t go far enough to simplify the bloc’s rules or encourage investment, and that lawmakers should make it more amb... (more story)