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Intellectual Property

July 08, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

BioNTech, Pfizer defeat Promosome Covid-19 vaccine patent lawsuit at UPC
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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

July 07, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Merging US railroads accuse rivals of sabotaging divestiture efforts

Antitrust View More

US FTC's Ferguson, Meador say Deere settlement ensures right to repair

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson released a statement, joined by fellow Commissioner Mark Meador, saying a settlement with John Deere has restored competition by ensuring Amer... (more story)

Broadband group says Slaughter ruling in US makes approval of Nexstar-Tegna reviewable

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Broadband Communications Association of Pennsylvania filed an additional authority in its case against the US Federal Communications Commission, saying that the Supreme Court's ruling in Trum... (more story)

Monopolization claims against John Deere settled by US FTC, states

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission and five states have settled monopolization claims they brought against John Deere, requiring the company "to provide farmers and independent repair providers with... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

UK online safety rules outpaced by AI, may need yearly review, minister says

July 08, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK online safety rules may need annual review to keep pace with AI, the tech minister told lawmakers. Liz Kendall said the Online Safety Act has taken eight years from its initial idea to now, in a process she... (more story)

Guidelines on anonymization, AI web scraping, blockchain adopted by EDPB

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Guidelines on anonymization and web scraping in the context of generative AI were issued for consultation by the European Data Protection Board on Wednesday. The EDPB also adopted final guidance ... (more story)

US received 78 AI export program applications, Commerce says

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department said it received 78 applications under its new AI export program and will now advance to the next step, which will include review and final decisions.

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Foxconn-Mitsubishi review exposed legal-certainty problem inside Brazil CADE

July 08, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

A ruling by the Brazilian competition authority's Tribunal on the Foxconn-Mitsubishi Fuso joint venture proposal did more than settle a jurisdictional dispute over how turnover thresholds should be applied to ... (more story)

Wood pellet supplier Ewers breached merger-control rules, Danish watchdog says

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Brødr. Ewers, a Danish supplier of wood pellets, acquired sole control of its rival Hjaltelin without prior approval, Denmark’s competition authority said on Wednesday. The authority has yet to d... (more story)

Decathlon's Intersport assets purchase wins conditional Spanish approval

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Decathlon has secured conditional approval to acquire 18 Intersport assets in Spain, the country’s watchdog said. In addition to commitments offered by the retailer, the CNMC required Decathlon t... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Minnesota moves to dismiss amended US court challenge to social media warnings

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary:  Minnesota’s attorney general moved to dismiss an amended US complaint filed by NetChoice over a law that would force websites to display “warning” messages. The AG argued that the law does not v... (more story)

EU opinion on French social-media law separates age rules, platform obligations

July 08, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

The French draft social media ban has prompted the European Commission to distinguish between national age-access rules and broader platform obligations already governed by the Digital Services Act. In a legal... (more story)

UK privacy watchdog faces governance review after Edwards turmoil, minister says

July 08, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The UK privacy regulator's internal culture and governance face a review after a probe into former Information Commissioner John Edwards found evidence of sexual harassment and bullying, tech minister Liz Kend... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

AI likely to fuel boom in intangible assets as investment gap grows

July 08, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

Investment in intangible assets is outpacing spending on physical assets by an ever-wider margin, and artificial intelligence is expected to speed the shift, the World Intellectual Property Organization said on Wednesday.

UK drink maker Aapa Life slogan wasn't distinctive enough, watchdog says

July 08, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

UK soft drink maker Aapa Life's effort to trademark the phrase “It’s pop, but better” was rejected in May on the grounds that it was insufficiently distinctive, the UK Intellectual Property Office has said. Th... (more story)

Meta subject to French antitrust injunction in dispute with publishers (update*)

July 08, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Meta Platforms must negotiate with press publishers over remuneration for using their content and provide them with the necessary information, according to interim measures adopted on Wednesday by the French c... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

UK lawyer charged with insider dealing over Seraphine acquisition

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: British lawyer Richard Bloomfield has been charged with five counts of insider dealing by the UK’s financial markets watchdog. Bloomfield, a 38-year-old solicitor, is alleged to have used confide... (more story)

Money-laundering rule breaches in EU will face harmonized supervisory response

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority has proposed a single approach for supervisors when enforcing breaches of financial-crime rules. The standards aim to ensure that similar breaches lead to... (more story)

New illegal cryptoasset businesses added to French regulator's blacklist

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: France's financial markets regulator has added a slew of websites to its blacklist of unauthorized cryptoasset companies, bringing the total to 38 so far this year. The additions comprise website... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU market integration talks among EU lawmakers to resume on Sept. 1

July 08, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The three lawmakers leading the European Parliament's scrutiny of plans to further integrate the EU's capital markets are scheduled to hold their first of string of meetings with other lawmakers on Sept. 1 in ... (more story)

Spain taken to court over missed EU bank-resolution rules implementation

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is taking Spain to the EU’s highest court for failing to put new bank-resolution rules into national law. The rules aim to clarify how much loss-absorbing financial backin... (more story)

Spain told to correctly transpose EU payment-services notification rules

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened an infringement procedure against Spain for failing to correctly transpose EU payment-services rules on passporting — the practice of allowing a financial firm ... (more story)

Trade View More

US trade deficit increases in May

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis said the goods and services deficit increased to $77.6 billion in May, up $23 billion from April. The May goods deficit increased by $23.6 bil... (more story)

Ireland seeks political steer on key Industrial Accelerator Act issues

July 08, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

Ireland is asking EU governments to provide political guidance on the next phase of negotiations over the European Commission's proposed Industrial Accelerator Act. The country seeks to simplify the draft law ... (more story)

Brazil rebukes Flávio Bolsonaro over US tariff hearing remarks

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary:  The Brazilian government lashed out at Senator Flávio Bolsonaro for his remarks at a Section 301 public hearing concerning proposed tariffs on Brazil on Tuesday. The Secretariat of Social Commun... (more story)

State Aid View More

Ryanair loses two EU lower court challenges over Italian Covid airline aid

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Ryanair has lost two EU court challenges to the European Commission's approval of aid granted by Italy to compensate airlines for damage caused by the Covid pandemic. Judges at the EU General Cou... (more story)

EU competition policy needs tweaks to suit today's world, lawmakers urge

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU competition policy should promote EU champions, improve the bloc's strategic autonomy and clamp down on US giants, members of the European Parliament said in a non-binding report approved on T... (more story)

EU foreign-subsidy rules need China-focused overhaul, metals lobby leader says

July 07, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

The EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation should be overhauled to better address systematic Chinese subsidies in sectors such as metals, the director general of industry group European Metals told MLex. James Wats... (more story)

Energy View More

Greece told to comply with EU rules for F-gas technicians within two months

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Greece must comply with EU rules on the mutual recognition of certificates for fluorinated greenhouse gas technicians within two months or it could face a formal written warning that it is failin... (more story)

​Energy installations unlawfully restricted by 11 EU states, commission says

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Eleven EU member states are facing European Commission legal action over restrictions on energy-related installation and construction services. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Hungary, Latvia... (more story)

Higher LNG imports needed for EU to hit winter gas-storage target, watchdog says

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU will need liquefied natural gas imports to rise by around 13 percent from 2025 levels to meet summer demand and reach its 90 percent gas-storage target before winter, the Agency for the Co... (more story)

Technology View More

Malaysia, Singapore recast sovereign AI around policy choices

July 08, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

Malaysia’s and Singapore's national strategies suggest that, for smaller economies, sovereign AI is becoming less about technological self-sufficiency than about combining targeted domestic capabilities with g... (more story)

India's WhatsApp intervention tests the boundaries of platform regulation

July 08, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's proposed suspension of WhatsApp's usernames feature tests whether existing law permits government intervention in product design before deployment. This raises broader questions about executive authori... (more story)

Belgian copyright regime exceeds EU law, EU court told

July 07, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

The European Commission told the EU's highest court on Tuesday that Belgium’s legislation that allows payments to artists and performers goes beyond what’s allowed under EU law, undermines the bloc's harmonize... (more story)