MLex Summary: Norway's antitrust authority has said that broadband company Telenor may acquire its rival GlobalConnect's consumer business, under certain conditions. These include the sale of overlapping fiber... (more story)

MLex Summary: Coupang, Kakao Gift, Apple Korea and Samsung Electronics are among companies whose suppliers or agents may be covered by South Korea’s annual survey of distribution and agency trading practices. ... (more story)

Japan’s antitrust watchdog remained active in fiscal 2025, pursuing cartel enforcement amid ongoing inflation and levying larger aggregate fines despite a modest decline in the number of enforcement actions fr... (more story)

Google lost its safe harbor immunity after an Indian court concluded in May that its keyword advertising system monetized and exploited proprietary trademarks, creating what the Delhi High Court described as a... (more story)

Methodologies for valuing fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory standard-essential patent licenses are improving but remain hampered by evidentiary limitations, disputed assumptions and divergent judicial app... (more story)

A timely US House Judiciary IP subcommittee hearing this week underscored the divide over the ability — and some say obligation — of Congress to speed cheaper generic and biosimilar drugs to the market.

MLex Summary: Ningbo Kwung’s Home Interior & Gift is challenging its EU dumping tariffs on the grounds that the measure lacked sufficient reasoning and breached its right to defense, a summary of the Chinese c... (more story)

MLex Summary: Low-value goods bought online from outside the EU will face a temporary €3 customs duty from July 1, under new rules published in the EU’s Official Journal on Monday. The regulation amends custom... (more story)

MLex Summary: EU member states have adopted new rules to protect the steel industry from the impact of global steel overcapacity and rising imports, which will take effect on July 1. The regulation replaces th... (more story)

Influencers and online testing platforms in China will face tighter regulatory scrutiny under new rules aimed at curbing misleading product reviews and safeguarding fair competition, as Beijing moves to rein i... (more story)

Competition policy stakeholders calling for new regulatory frameworks for AI would do well to remember US antitrust laws are adaptable to handle innovative technologies, a California Department of Justice enforcer said.

The EU needs a dedicated instrument to reduce dependence on single suppliers in critical sectors, the bloc’s trade chief Maroš Šefčovič has said. The debate is expected to be taken up by EU leaders at a summit... (more story)