MLex Summary: The Belgian Competition Authority has closed its investigation into the Belgian football association, it said on Tuesday. The proceedings began in August last year following a complaint by severa... (more story)

The UK government should make tackling bid rigging a national priority as collusion between suppliers is costing taxpayers as much as £3.5 billion a year, the country's antitrust regulator said. The UK should ... (more story)

MLex Statement: UK taxpayers are paying suppliers as much as £3.5 billion more a year because of rigged bids in public procurement projects, Competition and Markets Authority chief Sarah Cardell said in a spee... (more story)

The EU’s top court has drawn the line between political parody and trademark protection, saying Vlaams Belang’s Ikea-themed immigration campaign was likely unjustified even as it recognized that free speech ca... (more story)

China will strengthen intellectual property protection in emerging fields, speed the commercialization of research results and deepen international cooperation as it begins the 15th Five-Year Plan, which runs ... (more story)

Naver told a South Korean court on Tuesday that its use of news content from the country’s three largest television broadcasters to train artificial intelligence models complied with content-sharing contracts ... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission has opened a public comment period to solicit commentary and recommendations on how the agency should view its role in Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930.... (more story)

MLex Summary: The European Commission has launched a review of its International Procurement Instrument, the trade tool that allows it to restrict access to EU public tenders when third countries discriminate ... (more story)

Cuts to development funding, fragmented financing and the EU’s slow, demanding approach to projects could weaken the bloc’s ability to secure critical raw materials and make it a less attractive partner than C... (more story)

MLex Summary: Social media platforms available to UK users would need a license from the country's online safety watchdog under a bill proposed in parliament on Monday. The Social Media Platforms (Ofcom Licens... (more story)

MLex Summary: UK public service broadcasters could face changes to broadcasting rules as audiences shift to digital and social media platforms, the country's communications regulator said Tuesday. Ofcom  said ... (more story)

MLex Summary: The UK government should strengthen regulators’ technical capacity to oversee digital technology, should use public procurement rules to support interoperability, and should define digital sovere... (more story)