MLex Summary: The Competition and Opportunity in Markets for a Prosperous, Equitable and Transparent Economy Act, or "COMPETE Act," passed the California legislature's state Senate Judiciary committee with a 9... (more story)

Brazil’s competition authority Tribunal has convicted a group of companies for operating a hub‑and‑spoke cartel coordinated by supplier Agilent Technologies, aimed at restricting competition in public and priv... (more story)

Fertilizer companies’ potential collusion over exports to the US is on the radar of federal antitrust enforcers who are investigating the industry, a senior US Department of Agriculture official said Wednesday.

A new study of third-party litigation funding, or TPLF, found that patent litigation accounts for nearly all funded cases before US District Judge Colm Connolly in Delaware, with about 15 percent of patent sui... (more story)

A three-day hearing at the UK Supreme Court between Apple and Optis concluded on Wednesday, with the country’s highest court now set to make the most consequential decision in six years on the setting of fair,... (more story)

China's latest trademark law overhaul suggests policymakers are redefining trademarks less as rights acquired through registration than as commercial assets whose protection depends on continued lawful use.

MLex Summary: The European Commission has adopted internal rules allowing it to restrict certain data-protection rights when conducting investigations under the EU's power to patrol foreign subsidies. In a dec... (more story)

The Trump administration’s push to accelerate quantum computing applications and deployment faces significant constraints, including to shore up supply chains for the critical and emerging technology. Presiden... (more story)

The Trump administration on Wednesday declined to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, rebuffing the trade pact governing $2 trillion in annual trading between the North American partners and setti... (more story)

European cloud service providers warned on Wednesday that the EU's push for digital sovereignty will have the opposite effect, and actually increase dependency on US technology. Most independent providers can’... (more story)

MLex Summary: Stronger online safety regulation is needed from the next UK prime minister to address harms linked to social media, AI and online advertising, a group of 47 civil society groups, academics and c... (more story)

MLex Summary: Malaysia has launched a national digital strategy aimed at transforming the country into a producer of artificial intelligence and digital innovation by 2030. Unveiled Tuesday, the Malaysia Digit... (more story)