Westfälisches Textilwerk Adolf Ahlers — the largest licensee of French fashion house Pierre Cardin — has failed to convince EU judges that antitrust investigators made mistakes when calculating a €3.5 million ... (more story)

Google is leaning heavily on the risks to security and privacy, as well as delays in the launch of new products, in its bid to push back against EU measures forcing open Android’s inner workings for other AI s... (more story)

MLex Summary:The EU's lower-tier General Court dismissed an appeal by Westfälisches Textilwerk Adolf Ahlers Stiftung & Co over alleged errors in the calculation of a €3.5 million fine imposed for an antitrust ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Nvidia must face infringement allegations that it illegally used copyrighted works to train AI models, including allegations related to its Megatron 345M model and those related to the use of sha... (more story)

MLex summary: Publishers Elsevier, Cengage, McGraw Hill and Macmillan, along with author Scott Turow, have sued Meta and its founder Mark Zuckerberg in New York federal court, for copyright infringement in art... (more story)

Sisvel is quickly growing its licensing program for point-of-sale, or POS, payment devices, adding four more companies this week. The patent licensing and pool management firm expects the pool to become the “d... (more story)

MLex Summary: EU dumping tariffs on imports of acesulfame potassium from China are set to expire on Jan. 29, 2027, the European Commission said Wednesday. EU producers can request a review of the planned expir... (more story)

MLex Summary: EU steel producers want to a clear definition of Union origin, based on steel that is melted and poured in the EU, in the European Commission's clean industry law, the Industrial Accelerator Act.... (more story)

Witnesses singled out the Chinese government during a hearing on the US Trade Representative’s dozens of excess structural capacity Section 301 investigations, but made scant mention of the other countries nam... (more story)

Indamedia’s acquisition of Ringier Hungary has come under investigation after the Hungarian competition authority opened a post-closing review, citing new information on the deal. The move follows criticism fr... (more story)

Online platforms and search engines under investigation for breaching the EU’s digital services law could see changes to evidence-handling procedures as part of a wider evaluation of the rules, a senior Europe... (more story)

MLex Summary: Meta is expanding the use of AI to place suspected minors into its Instagram Teen Accounts, which apply additional safeguards on accounts used by 13- to 17-year-olds, to the EU and Brazil, the co... (more story)