Google has taken steps before a Swedish appeal court to overturn a ruling last month that ordered it to pay Klarna-owned price comparison service PriceRunner the equivalent of 14.3 billion Swedish krona ($1.5 ... (more story)

Japan's competition chief said Wednesday that large companies' exploitative treatment of small- and medium-sized enterprises through unpaid requests to store metal molds remains widespread despite the agency's... (more story)

The Japanese competition agency aims to submit a bill to parliament next year to overhaul its organizational structure as its role in tackling exploitative practices against small- and medium-sized enterprises... (more story)

Short film distributor Shorts International has applied to have its trademark claim against Google’s YouTube Shorts heard by the UK Supreme Court, after it lost its case against the tech giant at the Court of Appeal.

The outlook for UK intellectual property policy remains uncertain after the country's new prime minister Andy Burnham took office this week and scrapped the ministry which had overseen the UK Intellectual Prop... (more story)

Japan's Intellectual Property High Court has upheld the validity of a Japanese patent covering cross-border e-commerce customs-clearance technology while separately confirming that Alibaba's accused software d... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department announced it will impose antidumping duties on lattice boom crawler cranes from Japan, applying a 16.18 percent dumping rate to all producers. Commerce gave separate ra... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has initiated a circumvention inquiry into whether spray-foam systems from Canada using Chinese parts are subject to antidumping and antisubsidy duties on certain alkyl... (more story)

MLex Summary: Public procurement and renewable energy auctions should reward projects that strengthen the EU's clean-tech supply chains — not just those offering the lowest price — according to European Commis... (more story)

MLex Summary: The UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will fail if the country’s cyber skills gap is not tackled, a new report has said. Policy center the CSBR said on Wednesday that the UK may not be able... (more story)

MLex Summary: France has approved a law banning new social media accounts for children under the age of 15 starting on Sept. 1, the first EU country to do so, following a vote in the country's Senate on Tuesda... (more story)

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce said it was dissatisfied with and concerned about the European Commission’s decision to fine AliExpress 550 million euros under the EU Digital Services Act, according... (more story)