Sports Media Entertainment, an investor in a soccer commercial rights bloc, is facing a preliminary investigation in Brazil aimed at identifying potential harm to competition, following a complaint filed by soccer club CSA.

Mastercard and Visa are facing fresh lawsuits from Radisson Hotel Heathrow and other claimants, listings filed at the High Court in London show. The payment card giants have faced several competition damages c... (more story)

MLex Summary: Accommodation platform Booking has proposed voluntary changes to assuage concerns raised by the Hellenic Competition Commission in a probe over a potential abuse of market power. The Greek author... (more story)

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 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)

China's patent regulator has clarified the standards for evaluating post-filed experimental data in pharmaceutical patent challenges, citing a landmark Pfizer drug patent case to explain how such evidence shou... (more story)

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 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)

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)

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 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)

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)