Volume 01 · Latest issue
October 2026
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In this issue
Intellectual Property Law
- Apple ordered to pay Taction $5.7 billion in record haptic patent verdictp. 1
- Delhi HC: no formal declaration needed for well-known mark protectionp. 1
- Delhi HC restrains Beco’s disparagement ads, even as jurisdiction fight continuesp. 2
- Kerala HC: Centre can invoke Patents Act to make exorbitantly priced drugs affordablep. 2
- Copyright Office rejects DABUS as author; Thaler refused chance to name himselfp. 3
- Draft pharma patent guidelines draw criticism over misquoted provisions and ‘guideline-shopping’ riskp. 3
- Ayush patent filings grew nearly tenfold in a decade, report findsp. 4
- Draft guidelines open the door to GUI and icon design registrationp. 4
Technology Law
- X’s transparency pledge at loggerheads with India’s confidentiality rulesp. 5
- Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026: A step forwardp. 5
- OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra amid rising security concernsp. 6
- Australia pushes to strengthen social media safetyp. 6
- UK strives to battle online child exploitation with strict legislationp. 7
- Anthropic’s threat intelligence report highlights crucial safety gapsp. 7
Competition Law
- EU adopts first Guidelines on exclusionary abuse by dominant firmsp. 8
- Samsung wins UK 5G patent dispute, raising FRAND questionsp. 8
- EC presents its study on the dynamic effects of mergersp. 9
- Google keeps AdX but must open its ad tech stack to rivalsp. 9
- Game-music label alleges copyright takedowns used as competitive weaponp. 10
- AI distribution antitrust case narrows to OpenAIp. 10