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MLex Summary: A US judge released a redacted version of an order granting Cumulus Media New Holdings' motion to enforce a preliminary antitrust injunction against the Nielsen company. In the now-public order, ... (more story)

The US Federal Trade Commission has ongoing investigations into potential violations of the Robinson-Patman Act, Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Friday.

Proponents of the One Agency Act are “pretty unrealistic” about the magnitude of work that will be required to transfer the US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust enforcement authority to the US Department of... (more story)

Via LA has launched its DRAM data center patent pool with three of the field’s top 15 largest patent holders and is negotiating with most of the rest, President Kevin Mack told MLex. A second group of new memb... (more story)

The UK Intellectual Property Office recently invalidated UK trademark rights in “GPT” and “ChatGPT” while rejecting OpenAI’s bid to block ChainGPT LLC from registering its name there. The decision gives UK app... (more story)

Japan’s Asahi Kasei, one of the country’s leading chemicals groups, said it will file civil claims against a Chinese chemicals company and a former employee arrested on suspicion of trade secret violations und... (more story)

MLex Summary: Moroccan firm OPC S.A. filed an appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to contest the Court of International Trade's July ruling sustaining the International Trade Commission... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced on a 25-20 vote a bill that would prohibit certain US companies from complying with global sustainability regulations, including the European U... (more story)

MLex Summary: Countries outside the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development could continue receiving certain EU waste, including some plastic, paper, metal and glass waste, after May 2027 under a... (more story)

A gap in international cooperation arrangements for Digital Markets Act-style rules makes coordination “worth thinking about,” a European Commission official said. Linsey McCallum said existing frameworks do n... (more story)

Meta Platforms is due to get a decision on Oct. 29 on its appeal against orders from France's competition watchdog to negotiate a payment system for using journalistic content with two media organisations "in ... (more story)

In its appeal challenging a 162.8 billion won ($117 million today) antitrust fine imposed in 2024, Coupang challenged the reliability of consumer research used by South Korea’s competition regulator to support... (more story)