Agri Stats’ settlement with direct purchaser plaintiffs got final approval from a US judge Tuesday, ending the plaintiffs’ nearly decade-long antitrust suit against the data broker and pork producers with cond... (more story)

Amazon has lost its bid to change part of a UK mass claim over the tech giant’s marketplace behaviors to an “opt-in” format — where class members have to proactively join the litigation — rather than “opt-out,... (more story)

MLex Summary: The Belgian Competition Authority has closed its investigation into the Belgian football association, it said on Tuesday. The proceedings began in August last year following a complaint by severa... (more story)

The US lost two entries in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s list of the top 100 geographies for innovation while China added one, with a patent-intensive battery hub accounting for the annual ran... (more story)

The EU’s top court has drawn the line between political parody and trademark protection, saying Vlaams Belang’s Ikea-themed immigration campaign was likely unjustified even as it recognized that free speech ca... (more story)

China will strengthen intellectual property protection in emerging fields, speed the commercialization of research results and deepen international cooperation as it begins the 15th Five-Year Plan, which runs ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Ecuadorian firms Nirsa S.A. and Procesadora Posorja Proposorja S.A. filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade to challenge the Commerce Department's August review of an antisubsidy o... (more story)

MLex Summary: Taiwanese producer Both-Well Steel Fittings filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade to challenge the Commerce Department's August final review of an antidumping order on forged ste... (more story)

EU countries are pressing the European Commission to rethink key elements of its proposed post-2030 Emissions Trading System overhaul, an internal document shows. The text compiles comments from 17 countries r... (more story)

MLex Summary: Social media platforms available to UK users would need a license from the country's online safety watchdog under a bill proposed in parliament on Monday. The Social Media Platforms (Ofcom Licens... (more story)

Social media platforms should be banned for under-15s and face stricter EU rules on addictive features and safety by default, French President Emmanuel Macron has told European Commission President Ursula von ... (more story)

MLex Summary: UK public service broadcasters could face changes to broadcasting rules as audiences shift to digital and social media platforms, the country's communications regulator said Tuesday. Ofcom  said ... (more story)