IDBI, Axis and SBI trustee units escaped financial penalties despite an Indian antitrust finding that they participated in collective fee fixing, with below-benchmark pricing treated as a mitigating factor.

A three-judge panel at the Seoul High Court upheld the finding by the Korea Fair Trade Commission that Google violated South Korea's competition law by conditioning Play Store featuring and overseas-expansion ... (more story)

Japanese auto-parts manufacturer Nichirin is set to receive a corrective recommendation from the country's antitrust regulator on Thursday for violating the Subcontract Act. The Japan Fair Trade Commission all... (more story)

A former employee who helped a company’s departing president transfer information to businesses that went on to operate competing services was liable for assisting trade-secret misuse, an Osaka court has ruled.

China’s highest court has upheld a power-outlet patent owned by electrical-products manufacturer Gongniu Group, finding the claimed invention wasn’t obvious to a person skilled in the field.

Holiday Inn secured an interim injunction from the Delhi High Court against a Goa hotel using its well-known trademark, with the court also ordering allegedly infringing listings to be removed from major onlin... (more story)

MLex Summary: China urged France to immediately halt implementation of its anti-ultra-fast-fashion law, Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Huang Ling said at a regular press briefing on Thursday. Huang said the... (more story)

MLex Summary: US companies were encouraged to expand investment and deepen their presence in China, as Chinese Premier Li Qiang pledged to address their reasonable concerns and maintain a fair competitive envi... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department preliminarily determined that imports of oil country tubular goods from Austria are subsidized. Commerce assigned a preliminary 10.17 percent subsidy rate to all Austrian producers.

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)

Google persuaded a US judge not to break up its adtech business, putting the European Commission in an awkward position of deciding whether to settle for the same solution or push for an asset sale and risk a ... (more story)