MLex Summary: Nonparty Apple was granted sanctions against one plaintiff attorney in a US case over Google's alleged illegal foreclosure of competition in US general search services. Magistrate Judge Sallie Ki... (more story)

Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technologies said a class action complaint over an alleged chipmaking cartel should be dismissed for the same reasons a similar lawsuit was rejected in 2022. “Plaintiff... (more story)

MLex Summary: Smithfield Foods and plaintiffs notified a US federal judge that they've reached an agreement to resolve claims that the company conspired to suppress wages paid to workers at processing plants. ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Inari was denied judgments of noninfringement regarding all US patent claims brought by Corteva over corn and soybean crops. District Judge John F. Murphy denied judgment as to all but five of Corteva's claims.

Pioneering electronic band Kraftwerk is “disappointed” in Germany’s top court ruling that its sample used by music producers falls into a copyright exception under a law that was reformed in 2021. But for uses... (more story)

A care home transmitting broadcasts into residents’ private rooms isn’t breaching copyright law, Germany’s highest court has said. The care home does not need to negotiate a new license because there was no ne... (more story)

The US Court of International Trade this week upheld the International Trade Commission's affirmative critical circumstances decision on high-content pea protein from China, finding the agency had properly con... (more story)

The US Court of International Trade granted a motion for judgment from the Korean government and Hyundai Steel, remanding a US Commerce Department determination in a countervailing duty administrative review.

MLex Summary: Lower-than-usual EU gas storage levels pose no immediate supply risk for the coming winter, EU countries and the European Commission have said. The bloc remains on track for adequate preparedness... (more story)

MLex Summary: UK digital identity provider Yoti will withdraw its app from Spanish app stores on Sept. 10 after the Spanish Data Protection Agency fined it €950,000 ($1.1 million) over its processing of biomet... (more story)

MLex Summary: Governments should require digital platforms to meet safety-by-design standards, strengthen regulators’ enforcement powers and update laws to cover online grooming, sexual extortion and AI-genera... (more story)

MLex Summary: The Computer & Communications Industry Association applauded US District Judge Leonie Brinkema's order in the Google adtech monopolization case, which rejected a structural remedy and opted for o... (more story)