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Coordinated lobbying by rival companies through a trade association will test the limits of the EU’s cartel rules after Romania's highest court asked the EU’s top judges to clarify when collective advocacy may... (more story)

MLex Summary: Greece's coastal shipping sector is highly concentrated, with high costs, limited access to financing and a shortage of suitable vessels hindering entry and expansion, the Hellenic Competition Co... (more story)

Tesla is facing a Chinese antitrust lawsuit accusing the US electric-vehicle maker of abusing its market dominance by restricting independent repairers’ access to software needed to service and repair its vehi... (more story)

Japanese publishers are asking whether their agreements with one of the wholesalers at the center of Japan’s book trade allowed it to supply books to Anthropic, after US court records listed the company in the... (more story)

The US Senate, in a 77-22 vote, passed legislation Monday to overhaul college sports, including provisions that clarify how student athletes can monetize their name, image and likeness (NIL), as well as an exe... (more story)

Canada’s use of global patent and trademark systems helps domestic inventions reach foreign markets, where much commercialization occurs, said Canadian Intellectual Property Office chief Konstantinos Georgaras... (more story)

MLex Summary: Poland has failed to show that provisional application of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement risks causing serious and irreparable damage, the EU Court of Justice said in a press release on Tuesday.... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US and Mexico reached an agreement over a labor dispute at a Mexican facility under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Rapid Response Labor Mechanism. Both countries agreed to remediat... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission opened an injury investigation into allegedly dumped and subsidized wooden fence pickets from China.

TikTok will have to implement the most stringent provisions of its settlement with Alabama only if more attorneys general enter into similar settlements with the platform and other social media companies.

Tech platforms facing restrictions under the UK's incoming social media ban for under-16s could be removed from a list of affected services if they change features that are deemed unsafe, culture minister Lisa... (more story)

China’s public-security authority has highlighted three cases showing how police are pursuing network operators that ignore security obligations and groups that trade in personal data under its “Clean Net 2026... (more story)