Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

Raising Australia’s merger-notification thresholds after a review of the new regime could still leave deals that raise competition concerns outside the new mandatory system, an Australian competition official ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Monday that it published further responses from designated digital-platform operators Amazon Japan, Rakuten Group and LY Corp. as part of i... (more story)

Align Technology’s justification for cutting off an interoperability agreement with a rival dental tech firm may have been pretextual, a US appeals court panel said Monday in an order reviving long-running mon... (more story)

US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires expects to announce "in the coming weeks" a plan to return merits-based institution decisions to Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges, he told MLex, as a se... (more story)

IP leaders warned last week that President Donald Trump’s research funding and immigration restrictions, along with higher tariffs, could weaken US innovation and its access to global markets.

India's Supreme Court will examine whether patent holders should lose part of their 20-year protection because of delays in granting patents.

MLex Summary: Large EU-based companies placing batteries, packaging, textiles, footwear, electronics and single-use plastics on the market would still need to appoint an authorized representative for "extended... (more story)

Singapore-based Giti Tire is challenging punitive EU dumping duties imposed earlier this year on imports from China of new rubber tires for passenger cars, buses and light trucks, MLex has learned. The company... (more story)

MLex Summary: Japanese government-backed chipmaker Rapidus said Monday that it has unveiled Rapidus CORE, a global ecosystem framework to support the development and mass production of cutting-edge semiconduct... (more story)

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms is being investigated by the UK online safety regulator, Ofcom, over the risks posed by its Instagram Instants. Ofcom said an investigation opened Tuesday will look into whether Me... (more story)

MLex Summary: South Korea’s antitrust regulator has issued consolidated guidance to help online businesses comply with rules against dark patterns, including a recommendation to make cancellation and account-d... (more story)

TikTok’s challenge of information requests made under the UK’s Online Safety Act is targeting the regulator’s use of its information-gathering powers, which TikTok said goes beyond what the law permits, the co... (more story)