Coupang has refused to allow South Korea’s antitrust regulator to carry out an onsite inspection over allegations that it shifted the cost of price-matching discounts onto suppliers, forcing officials to aband... (more story)

MLex Summary: Norway's pension company Kommunal Landspensjonskasse, or KLP, has agreed to stop influencing municipalities' tender processes for occupational pension services, ending a 2022 investigation into w... (more story)

The South Korean government is considering broader intervention in concentrated markets with sensitive consumer issues beyond traditional competition enforcement. A cabinet meeting on Tuesday highlighted some ... (more story)

The UK Intellectual Property Office has written to an industry body to address continued concerns over shortcomings with the new digital One IPO service. The UKIPO acknowledged that the service, which was roll... (more story)

China’s top court has revised its judicial interpretation on copyright disputes, seeking to clarify key legal standards, promote more consistent rulings and balance copyright protection with the public interest.

Japan’s finalized generative AI principles code gives AI providers clearer boundaries around what they are expected to disclose, while putting more substance around what it means to “explain” when they do not.

The EU's regulation to outlaw products that use forced labor looks increasingly like another tool to tackle economic trade distortions affecting European industry. While not naming China, its main aim is to bl... (more story)

MLex Summary: Dumping measures on EU imports of titanium dioxide from China that are now in place have come under an “absorption reinvestigation,” the European Commission has said. The probe, triggered by a re... (more story)

MLex Summary: The third China-US Track 1.5 Dialogue was held Tuesday in Beijing, bringing together representatives from Chinese government agencies, local authorities and think tanks, as well as US participant... (more story)

Meta Platforms, TikTok and Snap could face fines of up to 10 percent of their global revenue under New Zealand legislation that would ban under-16s from social media. The bill would require high-risk platforms... (more story)

MLex Summary: New Zealand’s government introduced legislation on Monday to ban children under 16 from social media platforms and require companies such as Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and Meta Platforms to take... (more story)

MLex Summary: The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has backed stronger information-gathering and examination powers for the country's online-safety regulator to enforce the the social-media ban for... (more story)