MLex Summary: A minority of fuel retailers who increased their margins in March face scrutiny from the UK antitrust regulator as it seeks to examine the reasons for the change. The Competition and Markets Auth... (more story)

Apple, in its long-running antitrust dispute with Fortnite-creator Epic Games, said the threat of being held in contempt by an Australian court would stop it from “unreasonably” blocking rival app stores and p... (more story)

The six-year Amazon-Future legal dispute ended this week after an Indian court was told the parties had settled, with Future Group withdrawing petitions challenging an arbitration award.

BlackBerry’s patent appeal for a color-coded messaging feature was rejected by an Indian court. The Delhi High Court ruled that it lacked inventive step and technical advancement, classifying the US tech giant... (more story)

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court voided trademark protection for the term “AI Announcer” in connection with software-related services, finding that the phrase had already become a descriptive label for... (more story)

Multiple justices of the US Supreme Court appeared wary on Wednesday of an opinion that would change the standard for induced patent infringement during oral arguments in Hikma Pharmaceuticals v. Amarin Pharma... (more story)

MLex Summary: Asian private equity firm MBK Partners has accepted the Japanese government’s recommendation to stop its planned acquisition of Makino Milling Machine, and the parties have terminated their tende... (more story)

MLex Summary: The Trump administration announced that the US will give preferential duty access for whiskey produced in the UK.

MLex Summary: The US House of Representatives passed its version of the Farm Bill, legislation that is typically passed into law every five years. The bill includes millions of dollars in funding for trade ass... (more story)

MLex Summary: UK firms are urged to strengthen their cybersecurity, as AI models facilitate software breaches, the department for Science and Technology said on Thursday. A new report shows 43 per cent of busi... (more story)

MLex Summary: The Italian communications regulator AGCOM sent a request of evaluation to the European Commission on Thursday over Google’s potential violations of the EU Digital Services Act. The request stems... (more story)

MLex Summary: China’s internet regulator on Thursday launched a four-month nationwide campaign to curb "disorder" in AI applications, targeting noncompliant services and content risks. The first phase will foc... (more story)