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Bratz maker beats rival's £90m claim despite antitrust breach

Law360, London: MGA Entertainment Inc (MGA), the company behind Bratz dolls, owes no compensation to a rival despite running a campaign of 'undeniable' antitrust violations and making unjustified threats of patent infringement litigation, a London judge said on 16 June 2025.

AI-related rights licensing agreements still ‘rare’, EU countries say

MLex: An EU copyright licensing market for training AI technologies remains underdeveloped due to the reluctance of developers to engage in licensing negotiations, according to a summary of responses by European governments and collective management organisations (CMOs) to a policy questionnaire. The survey identifies transparency problems for rights holders and workable opt-out mechanisms for the EU Copyright Directive’s text and data mining exception.

Changes to NDAs under the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024

Information Law analysis: The Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (VPA 2024), section 17 comes into effect on 1 October 2025. The provision codifies common law protections for the reporting of crime to the police and whistleblowing in relation to criminal activity. It also expands the liberty of victims of crime to make certain further disclosures without risk of enforcement of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). The scope of permitted disclosures includes those made for the purposes of seeking legal advice, co-operating with regulatory investigations and seeking support from certain persons in relation to the relevant conduct, which include, among others, victim support services, and the close family of the person making the disclosure. From 1 October 2025, contract terms seeking to prevent the making of such disclosures will be void and unenforceable. Written by Gaelyn Fuhrmann, solicitor at Wiggin.

IP weekly highlights—19 June 2025

Welcome to this week’s edition of the IP weekly highlights: a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content from the world of IP. These highlights focus on the key rights of copyright and associated rights, database rights, trade marks and passing off, designs, and patents as well as covering issues relating to confidential information, know-how R&D and IP disputes all mainly from a UK and European perspective.

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