MLex Summary: Pacific Gas and Electric and its president, Carla Peterman, as well as Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric filed replies supporting dismissal of US energy price-fixing claims ... (more story)

A spate of recent cartel sanctions from the Bundeskartellamt show that "cartel enforcement is back," according to its president Andreas Mundt. He pointed to sanctions in July targeting suppliers of testing and... (more story)

MLex Summary: Sweden’s competition authority has updated its prioritization policy for enforcement activities, with a view to clarifying how the watchdog will prioritize cases for further review. The policy no... (more story)

The European Patent Office, or EPO, has ruled that descriptions should be updated to accord with claims which are amended during hearings or appeals. The judgment addresses issues of inconsistency which can ar... (more story)

Avanci is in talks with additional automakers in China and elsewhere about joining its connected-car patent licensing programs, Laurie Fitzgerald, president of Avanci Vehicle, told MLex. The licensing administ... (more story)

Japan’s largest online platforms do not necessarily have to go back to copyright complainants for more evidence before rejecting a takedown request, an Osaka court has ruled, in a decision backing X Corp.’s us... (more story)

MLex Summary: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is due to visit Greenland on Sept. 6-7 to deepen EU ties with the territory and discuss the Arctic’s growing strategic importance, the commissio... (more story)

China objected to four paragraphs of the US chair’s statement following this week’s G20 finance ministers’ meeting, preventing consensus on a joint communiqué. Beijing’s concerns covered the statement’s treatm... (more story)

Brazil has warned it could use retaliatory measures, the EU-Mercosur agreement and WTO mechanisms after EU antimicrobial rules cut off its access to the bloc’s market for meat, eggs and honey this week. The go... (more story)

MLex Summary: Porn website Xgroovy.com’s operator was fined £730,000 by UK regulator Ofcom on Friday for failing to introduce age checks and respond to a legally binding information request. The online safety ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Thailand’s Digital Economy and Society Ministry on Thursday discussed online safety cooperation with Meta, focusing on protecting children and young people and raising parents’ awareness of onlin... (more story)

MLex Summary: Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Thursday that Google, Meta Platforms and other major online platforms outlined measures to address harmful and potentially unlawful... (more story)