MLex Summary: Meta Platforms’ plan to relaunch its Threads micro-blogging service in Turkey is compliant with antitrust commitments it made in 2024, the Turkish competition authority said on Tuesday. The socia... (more story)

MLex Summary: YKK, a major global fastening-products manufacturer, received a corrective recommendation from the Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday after the regulator found that the Japan-based company se... (more story)

MLex Summary: Several companies active in advertising and marketing in Slovakia have received surprise visits from antitrust officials, Slovakia's competition authority said Tuesday. The watchdog has suspicion... (more story)

Japan’s patent office will launch a pilot program in July allowing companies to time patent examination around technical standard setting activity, creating a new route for applicants whose patent filings are ... (more story)

Two decades of patent reform have not diminished their value nor lessened the need for litigation, according to a new report from Cornerstone Research. Instead, Kirti Gupta and Shane Oka say how innovators saf... (more story)

MLex Summary: The UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigned on Monday. Starmer won the general election in 2024 with the Labour Party by a landslide after over two decades of administration by the Conservative P... (more story)

The US Soybean Export Council is optimistic that China will honor soybean purchase commitments reached in previous US-China trade talks, its chief executive told MLex on Tuesday, citing shipments of old-crop s... (more story)

MLex Summary:  The World Trade Organization's Committee on Balance of Payments Restrictions held consultations with the US to address the US's imposition of 10 percent Section 122 tariffs, which are set to expire July 24. 

MLex Summary: The EU-UK summit planned for July 22 will be postponed and a new date considered following UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation announcement earlier on Monday, European Council President ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Social media platforms such as Meta Platform’s Instagram and Facebook and video platforms such as YouTube and Netflix could be required to make public service content more prominent in the UK und... (more story)

MLex Summary: Meta must strengthen protections for non-public figures who are targets of sexualized deepfakes, since they in particular often carry the burden to self-report, Meta’s Oversight Board said on Tue... (more story)

MLex Summary: Live Nation and Ticketmaster's challenge to a US federal court’s jury instructions isn't grounds for a new trial, 33 US states and the District of Columbia said in opposing the companies' motion ... (more story)