OUR SELECTION OF #IPNEWS AND ARTICLES OF THE WEEK

1. EU’s Clothing Destruction Ban Turns Excess Goods Into a Legal Issue

https://www.thefashionlaw.com/the-espr-just-made-it-harder-for-luxury-brands-to-destroy-unsold-products/

2. Music and games: A catalytic combination given the right conditions

https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/07/guest-post-music-and-games-catalytic.html

3. The Trophy-Sharing Cartel: How Europe’s Digital Markets Act Turns Google’s IP into a Public Utility

https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/07/26/trophy-sharing-cartel-europes-digital-markets-act-turns-googles-ip-into-public-utility/

4. Win for OpenAI as Indian court finds AI training on copyrighted content is fair dealing

https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/article/win-openai-indian-court-finds-ai-training-copyrighted-content-fair-dealing

5. When the AI bubble bursts, what will Australia do with the tools it built? One man thinks he has the answer

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/27/when-the-ai-bubble-bursts-what-will-australia-do-with-the-tools-it-built-one-man-thinks-he-has-the-answer

6. How Casio turned an expired design patent into a landmark trade dress win in China

https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/article/how-casio-turned-expired-design-patent-landmark-trade-dress-win-in-china

7. Federal Circuit Says Expired Patent Warrants Vacatur of ITC Determination

 https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/07/23/federal-circuit-says-expired-patent-warrants-vacatur-of-itc-determination/

8. Kering, Bottega Veneta Lose Fight to Remove Viral “Made in Italy” Video

https://www.thefashionlaw.com/kerings-bid-to-force-meta-to-remove-made-in-italy-video-fails/

9. Europe’s Privacy Paradox: Fort Knox for Search Data, a Checkbox for Your Phone

https://truthonthemarket.com/2026/07/23/europes-privacy-paradox-fort-knox-for-search-data-a-checkbox-for-your-phone/

10. Phillips 66 Inks Deal To End Patent Case Revived By Fed. Circ.

https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/2505754?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section