Germany’s busiest standard-essential patent court has set out a test for patent user willingness and a rebuttable 15 percent discount for portfolios held by Chinese companies in new detailed guidelines for ass... (more story)

MLex Summary: A US federal jury found Sioux Erosion Control, its vice president BG Dale Biscoe and another employee Randall David Shelton guilty of a price-fixing conspiracy targeting over $100 million in publ... (more story)

MLex Summary: American Express failed to convince a US appeals court to overturn a lower court's denial of a motion to compel arbitration in a merchants’ antitrust case over non-discrimination. The Court of Ap... (more story)

UPC appeal judges clarified how national and UPC law interact for pre-2023 infringement, while also setting rules for conditional revocation appeals and strict evidence-production deadlines. Elsewhere, Abbott,... (more story)

The collapse of Germany’s proposed automotive licensing negotiation group lays bare deep uncertainty over LNGs. Divergent EU, UK and US antitrust approaches, established patent pools and limited practical expe... (more story)

Colorado has created a new business structure aimed at helping artists raise outside capital without surrendering control of their work. The Artist Company, or A-Corp, is a specialized LLC requiring artists to... (more story)

The US Court of International Trade on Wednesday denied as moot a motion by the Natural Resources Defense Council to enforce a settlement agreement with the Commerce Department.

MLex Summary: China has urged the US to immediately withdraw tariffs of 10 percent to 100 percent on imported drones and related components imposed under Section 232 of the US Trade Expansion Act. The spokespe... (more story)

MLex Summary: China’s gold industry has opposed US restrictions on some Chinese gold companies under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and the London Bullion Market Association’s subsequent suspension of ... (more story)

Gaming giant Roblox has provided a three-year court-enforceable undertaking to Australia’s online safety regulator to strengthen safeguards for children, including restricting contact between adults and users ... (more story)

A research arm of China’s top industry regulator is preparing to establish a technology ethics service center that will conduct artificial-intelligence ethics reviews and advise companies, as Beijing moves to ... (more story)

MLex Summary: The News Media Bargaining Incentive, designed to impose a tax-like charge on major digital platforms unless they enter into or renew commercial deals with Australian news outlets, passed parliame... (more story)