MLex Summary: Taxi Praha and Fix engaged in a cartel for the operation and brokerage of taxi services to and from Prague’s Václav Havel Airport between 2019 and 2021, the Czech competition authority's chairman... (more story)

MLex Summary: Chinese food-delivery platform Meituan’s proposed acquisition of Beijing Maiyatian Network Technology company will face a public hearing on Sept. 18 over whether commitments offered to address co... (more story)

MLex Summary: A Latvian municipality didn’t breach EU dominance-abuse rules when awarding a waste-management contract to a company in which it held a 51 percent stake, the EU’s top court has said. When awardin... (more story)

A former employee whose patents were among intellectual property transferred within Japanese electronics group Murata for 4.3 billion yen ($28 million) was not entitled to a share of that value, a Tokyo court has ruled.

China’s top copyright regulator has made the development of copyright rules for artificial intelligence, including training data and generative AI, a priority in its new five-year work plan, bringing renewed a... (more story)

India's draft pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent guidelines incorporate recent court rulings, giving life-sciences companies clearer guidance on patentability, evidentiary requirements, diagnostic inventi... (more story)

A majority of EU governments is seeking to preserve access for partners such as the UK and Switzerland under the Industrial Accelerator Act’s proposed “Made in Europe” rules, according to minutes seen by MLex.... (more story)

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce has extended its dumping investigation into pecan imports from Mexico and the US by six months, until March 25, 2027, citing the complexity of the case in a notice pu... (more story)

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce has sought information from several French companies operating in China about subsidies received from the EU and its member states. Ministry spokesperson Huang Ling s... (more story)

MLex Summary: A coalition of 19 civil society groups, businesses and academics, including Noyb, European Digital Rights and BEUC, called on EU legislators to retain a Digital Omnibus measure requiring companie... (more story)

MLex Summary: Ireland’s media regulator Coimisiún na Meán said 69 percent of children surveyed favored online-safety education over a social-media ban, as did 49 percent of parents and caregivers. Sixty-seven ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Juan José Ganuza Fernández is the new president of the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia, the Spanish authority announced on Wednesday. New members have also joined the board of ... (more story)