MLex Summary: Taxi Praha and Fix engaged in a cartel for the operation and brokerage of taxi services to and from Prague’s Václav Havel Airport between 2019 and 2021, the Czech competition authority's chairman... (more story)

MLex Summary: Chinese food-delivery platform Meituan’s proposed acquisition of Beijing Maiyatian Network Technology company will face a public hearing on Sept. 18 over whether commitments offered to address co... (more story)

MLex Summary: A Latvian municipality didn’t breach EU dominance-abuse rules when awarding a waste-management contract to a company in which it held a 51 percent stake, the EU’s top court has said. When awardin... (more story)

A former employee whose patents were among intellectual property transferred within Japanese electronics group Murata for 4.3 billion yen ($28 million) was not entitled to a share of that value, a Tokyo court has ruled.

China’s top copyright regulator has made the development of copyright rules for artificial intelligence, including training data and generative AI, a priority in its new five-year work plan, bringing renewed a... (more story)

India's draft pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent guidelines incorporate recent court rulings, giving life-sciences companies clearer guidance on patentability, evidentiary requirements, diagnostic inventi... (more story)

The EU’s temporary €3 customs fee on low-value parcels has cut shipment volumes in the Netherlands by 46 percent since July 1, center-right lawmaker Dirk Gotink said, calling the effect “massive” and bigger th... (more story)

MLex Summary: The European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee has called for a more assertive EU approach to China, urging the bloc to reduce strategic dependencies and respond proportionately to Chinese i... (more story)

A majority of EU governments is seeking to preserve access for partners such as the UK and Switzerland under the Industrial Accelerator Act’s proposed “Made in Europe” rules, according to minutes seen by MLex.... (more story)

MLex Summary: The UK government has said it will cut back on consultations it considers unnecessary; a move that could affect its frequent use of public calls for evidence on technology, AI, data and online sa... (more story)

MLex Summary: Japan's National Police Agency announced today that ransomware cases reached a record 123 in the first half of 2026, while losses from internet-enabled fraud rose 45 percent year on year to 176 b... (more story)

MLex Summary: A coalition of 19 civil society groups, businesses and academics, including Noyb, European Digital Rights and BEUC, called on EU legislators to retain a Digital Omnibus measure requiring companie... (more story)