MLex Summary: Coupang drew pushback from Seoul on Thursday after South Korea’s foreign ministry expressed regret over a US House Judiciary Committee report that it said reflected only the company’s claims abou... (more story)

Google has failed to persuade the EU’s Court of Justice to overturn a 2018 antitrust decision that imposed a record fine of €4.3 billion ($4.5 billion). Judges dismissed the appeal "brought by Google and Alpha... (more story)

MLex Summary: Google's bid to overturn an EU fine imposed for abusing its power over the Android operating system has failed, with the EU's highest court rejecting its appeal in its entirety. The Court of Just... (more story)

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft lost its appeal against the rejection of an Indian patent application after the Calcutta High Court found insufficient disclosure and missing biological-origin information required unde... (more story)

US-based Qualyst Transporter Solutions secured a Bombay High Court ruling barring the Indian Patent Office from introducing new prior art and objections during a fresh hearing ordered by the court.

A new study of third-party litigation funding, or TPLF, found that patent litigation accounts for nearly all funded cases before US District Judge Colm Connolly in Delaware, with about 15 percent of patent sui... (more story)

MLex Summary: China and the EU have agreed to hold one or two ministerial meetings each year under a newly established regular trade and investment consultation mechanism, according to China’s Ministry of Comm... (more story)

MLex Summary: Canadian pea-starch importers will face a 73.5 percent deposit requirement on shipments to China from Wednesday, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce. The ministry said in a notice on Tuesda... (more story)

MLex Summary: The European Commission has adopted internal rules allowing it to restrict certain data-protection rights when conducting investigations under the EU's power to patrol foreign subsidies. In a dec... (more story)

MLex Summary: Japan's National Police Agency on Thursday launched a public consultation on proposed revisions to the operational guidelines for the Internet Hotline Center, expanding the categories of illegal ... (more story)

Further child safety measures in the UK covering AI chatbots, restrictions on platform design and circumvention of age checks will still be set out later this month, technology minister Liz Kendall told lawmak... (more story)

European cloud service providers warned on Wednesday that the EU's push for digital sovereignty will have the opposite effect, and actually increase dependency on US technology. Most independent providers can’... (more story)