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74 disputes
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Country vs Country
US lifts tariffs on some Canadian goods and adds others ahead of the midterms
An order signed on 23 October takes the 50% duty off plywood, some paper, machinery and seaweed, and puts it on carpets, paints, freezers and canoes from 30 October. The overall standoff is unchanged.
Manufacturing · Food & Agriculture · Construction · Retail
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Government vs Company
US fines Air France and KLM $425,000 over Iraq flights sold under Delta’s code
The Transportation Department says US airspace rules applied because the flights carried Delta flight numbers. The two European carriers argue air traffic control forced them lower.
Aviation & Aerospace · Travel & Hospitality
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Government vs Company
Shein agrees to pay $100 million to settle US FTC investigation
The probe concerned delivery delays and customer complaints. The FTC has not commented, and the terms have not been published.
Retail · Fashion
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US proposes two more months’ pause on port fees for China-linked ships
The trade representative’s office wants to keep the Section 301 vessel charges switched off until 9 January 2027, but the plan is not final and Beijing has not said whether it will match it.
Logistics · Manufacturing
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Company vs Company
Disney switches off HEVC streaming in Brazil after Huawei patent injunction
Disney is appealing a Rio de Janeiro court order while Ericsson opens new cases against it, adding to a growing list of video codec disputes.
Media & Entertainment · Technology · Telecom
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Government vs Company
Ghanaian gold miner threatens international action after Konongo lease is revoked
Northern Ashanti Mines is challenging the Minerals Commission in Accra’s High Court, and security forces have reportedly taken over the site.
Metals & Mining
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Government vs Company
Pentagon says 30 US universities have cut or fixed flagged Chinese partnerships
Schools were told in August to review ties with listed foreign institutions or risk research funding. The department now claims full compliance, though some universities are keeping parts of their programmes.
Education · Defense
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South Korea presses EU lawmakers over “Made in Europe” rules
Seoul sent officials to Strasbourg to argue that the Industrial Accelerator Act’s EU-origin preferences should not shut out Korean carmakers, steelmakers and battery firms.
Manufacturing · Automotive · Metals & Mining · Energy
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Company vs Company
BNSF steps up fight against Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger
The rival railroad says the deal would leave thousands of shippers with a single carrier, as farm groups line up behind it and US regulators set a review running into 2027.
Logistics · Food & Agriculture
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Government vs Company
New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion over Facebook privacy claims
The penalty in the state’s Cambridge Analytica case dwarfs the 2019 FTC fine. Meta says it will appeal.
Technology · Media & Entertainment
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US trade panel clears way for steep duties on solar cells from India, Indonesia and Laos
A final injury finding by the US International Trade Commission means anti-dumping and anti-subsidy orders on the three countries’ cells and modules can be issued in early November.
Energy · Manufacturing
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Government vs Company
US Treasury keeps Lukoil’s Bulgarian refinery running under sanctions until April 2027
New general licences let the Burgas refinery, Lukoil’s fuel stations abroad and its Bulgarian fuel suppliers keep trading, a year after Washington blacklisted the Russian oil major.
Energy · Finance
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Indonesia prepares response to 50% EU and UK steel tariffs
Jakarta’s trade ministry warns that Europe’s tougher quota-and-tariff regimes threaten market access for its steelmakers, and says it will press its case through diplomatic channels.
Metals & Mining · Manufacturing
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EU student fees become a bargaining chip ahead of the UK–EU summit
Brussels wants cheaper tuition for EU students and a youth mobility scheme; in return it is offering easier food trade and closer energy ties. A reported compromise would set EU fees at about £13,000 a year.
Education · Food & Agriculture
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Country vs Country
Taiwan to make unlicensed AI chip exports to China a crime
Taipei will add advanced semiconductors and AI servers to its export-control list, a step it ties to its trade deal with Washington. No start date has been set.
Technology · Manufacturing
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Canada’s carmakers face a doubled US tariff as trade talks stay frozen
Washington has threatened to lift its 25% duty on Canadian vehicles to 50% on 1 January, and Ottawa’s opposition leader has taken his case for tariff-free auto trade straight to Detroit.
Automotive · Manufacturing · Metals & Mining
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US sets lower final duties on Canadian softwood lumber in seventh review
The “all others” rate falls to 24.75% from 35.16%, but a separate 10% national-security tariff on lumber stays in place.
Construction · Manufacturing
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Government vs Company
US Treasury hits Bank of America with $1.2bn penalty over money-laundering and sanctions failures
The second-biggest US bank also settled 475 apparent sanctions violations with OFAC, covering payments linked to Russia, Iran and other programmes.
Finance
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Canadian trips to the US rise again but stay far below 2024 levels
September brought a sixth straight year-on-year gain, yet car trips remain almost a third under pre-trade-war levels and many Canadians say a trade deal would not change their plans.
Travel & Hospitality · Aviation & Aerospace
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Company vs Company
Adidas sues Sydney label White Fox over four-stripe tracksuits
The sportswear giant says the online boutique’s stripes are deceptively similar to its own. White Fox says they are decoration, and experts say the case could test adidas’s mark in Australia.
Fashion · Retail
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US tariff decision on robots and machine tools slips past target date
A year-old national-security probe into imported robots and CNC machines has produced no announced action, leaving manufacturers to plan around metal-content duties instead.
Manufacturing · Technology
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EU says China has agreed to halve hybrid car exports to Europe
Brussels calls it a first step. Beijing has published no numbers, and the mechanism, baseline and timetable are still unclear.
Automotive · Logistics · Metals & Mining
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Government vs Company
Labor Department subpoenas nine top universities over use of J-1 exchange visas
Vice President JD Vance accused Harvard, Stanford, MIT and six others of using foreign researchers as cheaper labour. University records cast doubt on some of the figures behind the claim.
Education
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Company vs Company
Galp wins partial arbitration award against Venture Global over delayed LNG cargoes
A split ICC tribunal found the US exporter’s Calcasieu Pass unit breached its contract with the Portuguese energy group, but damages will not be set until 2027 or later and are capped at $170 million.
Energy · Logistics
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Government vs Company
Turkish contractor wins over $300m against Ethiopia’s state railway in war-hit project dispute
The LCIA award follows a fight over the Awash–Weldiya line, abandoned by its builder when Ethiopia’s northern war reached the sites.
Construction · Logistics
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EU weighs longer timeline for removing Huawei and ZTE from mobile networks
A revised draft drops the fixed 36-month deadline in favour of a risk-based phase-out, after operators warned of costs of up to $45 billion. Beijing has threatened retaliation.
Telecom · Technology
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Company vs Company
UGG maker appeals after losing its “dupe” boot case against Quince
A jury found Quince’s cheaper sheepskin boot did copy UGG’s patented design, but ruled the patent itself invalid. Deckers is now taking the case to the Federal Circuit.
Fashion · Retail
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China opens anti-dumping probe into EU p-nitrotoluene days before trade talks
Beijing’s investigation into a dye and pesticide intermediate lands as the EU’s trade commissioner prepares to visit, adding chemicals to a widening list of disputed goods.
Chemicals
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Government vs Company
US Senate bill on Chinese car ownership puts Mercedes-Benz in the crosshairs
A 15% cap on Chinese shareholdings would catch the German carmaker, whose two largest Chinese investors hold nearly 20%. Its sponsor now says Mercedes will not be banned, but the text has not changed.
Automotive · Technology
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Company vs Company
Jury orders Joby to pay supplier Aerosonic $116.9m over air data probe secrets
A Florida federal jury found the air taxi developer broke a 2021 confidentiality deal and wilfully misused its former supplier’s designs. Joby says it built the system itself and will challenge the verdict.
Aviation & Aerospace · Technology
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US slows aircraft-part export licences to China as trade leverage
Washington has capped the parts it clears for Chinese planemaker COMAC and is weighing wider curbs, in a move commentators tie to China’s grip on rare earths.
Aviation & Aerospace · Manufacturing · Metals & Mining
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China puts 55% surcharge on Brazilian beef after quota runs out
Brazil has used up its 2026 allowance under China’s beef safeguard, so shipments now pay 67% in total for the rest of the year. Beijing has also not accepted Brazil’s plan to borrow Uruguay’s unused volume.
Food & Agriculture · Logistics
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Company vs Company
Janssen wins court order halting US launch of Accord’s Simponi biosimilar
A Delaware judge has barred Accord BioPharma and Bio-Thera from selling their FDA-approved golimumab copy while J&J’s unit pursues a 17-patent case.
Healthcare
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Government vs Company
Israel ends review of Hapag-Lloyd’s $4.2bn Zim deal, forcing a reset
The state body that guards Israel’s “golden share” in Zim has thrown out the original deal structure, so the German carrier and its local partner FIMI must file a reworked plan.
Logistics · Defense
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Government vs Company
German regulator moves to classify 5G antennas as critical, opening way to Huawei ban
A draft from the Federal Network Agency treats the whole radio access network as security-critical, which would let Berlin bar Huawei kit from thousands of mobile sites.
Telecom · Technology
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Government vs Company
Canada threatens legal action against Cleveland-Cliffs over Stelco layoffs
Ottawa says the US steelmaker is bound by job commitments it made to win approval for its 2024 takeover of Stelco; the company blames the US–Canada tariff war and says it will fight in court.
Metals & Mining · Manufacturing
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Government vs Company
French competition authority accuses pay-TV group of abusing film market dominance
Objections were notified after a two-year investigation. The authority did not name the company; French media identified it as Canal+.
Media & Entertainment
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Company vs Company
Adidas takes its stripes fight with Thom Browne to the US Supreme Court
After losing at trial and on appeal, adidas has asked the justices to revive its case over Thom Browne’s four-bar design, pointing to emails that surfaced in a UK case.
Fashion · Retail
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Country vs Country
US and China agree to cut tariffs on $60 billion of goods
A new joint Board of Trade has drawn up two lists of “non-sensitive” products. What it has not said is how deep the cuts will go, or when they start.
Food & Agriculture · Retail · Manufacturing · Healthcare · Energy
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Company vs Company
Red Cat’s trade-secret case against ex-CTO’s drone start-up moves forward
A Utah federal judge refused to throw out most of the military drone maker’s claims against George Matus and Vector Defense, sending the dispute towards discovery.
Defense · Technology
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Company vs Company
Jury orders Apple to pay Taction more than $5.7bn over iPhone haptics patents
A San Diego jury found that the Taptic Engine in iPhones and Apple Watches infringes two patents held by a small audio-tech company. Apple says it does not use the technology and will appeal.
Technology · Telecom
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Government vs Company
Egypt defeats $34bn arbitration claim by Saudi real estate investors
A divided tribunal ruled it had no jurisdiction under the OIC investment agreement and ordered the investors to pay Egypt’s costs.
Real Estate · Travel & Hospitality · Construction
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Government vs Company
Paramount settlement with US states sets conditions on Warner Bros Discovery takeover
The deal to end the state attorneys general’s antitrust suit requires Paramount to keep Pluto TV or an equivalent free service running for five years.
Media & Entertainment
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Company vs Company
Crocs sues Five Below over $7 look-alike clogs and charms
The footwear maker says the discount chain kept selling the products for months after a demand letter. It wants damages and the stock destroyed.
Fashion · Retail
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Company vs Company
Texas jury awards Stratasys $27.6m in patent case against Bambu Lab
The US 3D-printing pioneer won the first of two infringement trials against the fast-growing Chinese printer maker, which says it will appeal.
Manufacturing · Technology
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Company vs Company
YMTC wins German injunctions against Micron as memory chip feud widens
A Munich court found Micron infringed two Chinese-owned utility models. Micron has appealed and is suing YMTC in Idaho over patent ownership and trade secrets.
Technology · Manufacturing
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Government vs Company
Court approves US settlement forcing Agri Stats to drop meat sales reports
The Justice Department’s three-year case against the meat industry’s main data provider ends without a trial or a finding of liability, but with tight limits on what the company may share.
Food & Agriculture · Technology
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Government vs Company
EU court upholds ban on Booking’s takeover of flight seller Etraveli
The General Court backed the European Commission’s 2023 veto, accepting that flights would have fed Booking’s dominant hotel business; Booking is weighing an appeal.
Travel & Hospitality · Technology
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Company vs Company
Orlen unit seeks €104m from Petrofac over abandoned Lithuanian refinery upgrade
The Polish group’s Lithuanian business terminated the near-€1bn contract last year after the UK contractor’s financial collapse delayed work and payments.
Construction · Energy
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Company vs Company
Evergrande liquidators’ claims against PwC and ex-bosses grow harder after mainland verdict
A Chinese court’s life sentence and asset confiscation for founder Hui Ka Yan has added a cross-border complication to Hong Kong recovery cases worth billions.
Real Estate · Finance
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Government vs Company
France starts charging ultra-fast fashion penalty aimed at Shein and Temu
A per-item environmental fee took effect on 1 September. Zara and H&M fall outside it, and China has called the rules discriminatory.
Fashion · Retail
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Company vs Company
DP World shuts SeaRates as founder launches rival Qubictron and a forwarder club
The port operator is folding its digital efforts into its own logistics business and dropping the neutral booking marketplace it bought in 2020. SeaRates’ founder has started again, independently.
Logistics · Technology
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Company vs Company
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile defeat $436 million 5G patent claim in Texas
A Marshall jury cleared the three carriers, backed by Ericsson and Nokia, of infringing patents asserted by ASUS-linked licensing companies.
Telecom · Technology
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Company vs Company
Maxell asks US trade body to block imports of Samsung phones
A patent complaint at the US International Trade Commission puts Samsung smartphones and tablets under investigation. Maxell is seeking an import ban, not damages.
Technology · Telecom
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Company vs Company
New Jersey dealer sues Polestar for $25m over its US exit
Prestige Imports claims the carmaker used a federal connected-vehicle ruling as cover for a withdrawal it had planned for years. Polestar says the government decision was beyond its control.
Automotive · Retail
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Company vs Company
Shein loses UK copyright case against Temu and must pay for takedowns
The High Court rejected Shein’s claim over product photos on Temu’s platform and upheld Temu’s counterclaim. A competition trial between the two is still to come.
Retail · Fashion
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Government vs Company
US judge blocks Pentagon from treating WuXi AppTec as a Chinese military company
A preliminary injunction halts the June listing while the drug-development contractor’s lawsuit proceeds. The label would also have fed into the new BIOSECURE Act restrictions.
Healthcare · Defense
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Government vs Company
Contractor sues US Army over AI use in $450m range support award
Trax International says artificial intelligence invented weaknesses in its bid for White Sands Missile Range work, after the GAO rejected its protest in May.
Defense · Technology
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Company vs Company
More than 10,000 European hotels join damages claim against Booking.com
A Dutch foundation backed by HOTREC more than tripled its claimant list in an Amsterdam case over price-parity clauses, and expects about 18,000 hotels by the end of the year.
Travel & Hospitality · Technology
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Company vs Company
Impossible Foods wins retrial after influencer’s $3.25m trademark victory
A jury found the plant-based meat maker wilfully infringed Joel Runyon’s “Impossible” marks. The judge has now thrown out the $1.75m punitive award and ordered a new trial.
Food & Agriculture · Retail
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Company vs Company
Moscow court orders Euroclear to pay $194m to Russian finance company Silicium-2
The award over securities frozen since 2022 is one of more than 100 Russian claims against the Belgian depository, which insists only Belgian courts have jurisdiction.
Finance
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German arms export licences for Israel jump after Gaza restrictions end
Berlin cleared almost €800m of licences in five months, more than in the previous 20 months combined, with most of the value tied to a single naval project.
Defense · Manufacturing
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US forced-labour tariffs hit Asian garment exporters, with a quota for four
New Section 301 duties of 10% or 12.5% replaced the expired temporary tariff on 24 July. Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia and Malaysia were promised a duty-relief quota tied to buying US cotton.
Fashion · Retail · Manufacturing
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Government vs Company
EU fines Google €890 million under the Digital Markets Act
Two decisions, one on Search and one on the Play Store, came with a 60-day deadline to comply or face daily penalties.
Technology
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Country vs Country
EU’s 21st sanctions package cuts off Russian banks and lenders in India, Mongolia and Nigeria
Brussels adopted its largest set of Russia listings since 2022, extending transaction bans to banks and crypto platforms outside Russia that it says help evade sanctions.
Finance · Energy
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US plans tariffs of up to 200% on generic medicines, putting India’s drug exports in the firing line
Washington says generics stay duty-free until August 2028, then face 100% and later 200% levies unless production moves to the US. India supplies an estimated 40–45% of the generics Americans take.
Healthcare · Manufacturing
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Government vs Company
EU accuses Sika, Mapei and other construction chemical makers of coordinating price rises
The European Commission’s formal charges cover cement additives and concrete admixtures in France, Germany and Spain during the post-pandemic cost surge of 2021–2022.
Chemicals · Construction
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Company vs Company
Van Leeuwen wins $23.8 million from Rebel Creamery over copied ice cream pints
A New York federal judge found the keto ice cream maker deliberately imitated Van Leeuwen’s pastel packaging. Weeks later, Rebel filed for Chapter 11 and is appealing.
Food & Agriculture · Retail
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Company vs Company
UK court orders influencer to pay LVMH brands £213,000 over fake luxury goods
Georgia Aldridge bought lookalike Dior, Fendi, Celine and Loewe products on AliExpress and resold them to her followers. The High Court rejected the brands’ claim that buyers were fooled.
Fashion · Retail
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Company vs Company
Syngenta sues BASF to stop US launch of Ridivex corn herbicide
The Swiss crop-protection group says BASF’s new product copies a patented herbicide-and-safener combination behind its own Storen, and wants it kept off the market before the autumn selling season.
Chemicals · Food & Agriculture
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Country vs Country
US sanctions Dubai-based Iranian banker over overseas property empire
Treasury says Ali Ansari used a St Kitts holding company to build real estate holdings in Europe and the Gulf for the benefit of Iran’s elite and the Revolutionary Guards.
Real Estate · Finance
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Country vs Country
EU ends duty-free entry for small parcels with a €3 charge
The temporary duty, aimed squarely at the flood of low-value shipments from China, replaces an exemption that had stood since 2008. France says parcel imports from China have since fallen by up to 40%.
Retail · Logistics · Fashion
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Company vs Company
Small cold-brew maker’s “Rise” fight with PepsiCo reaches the Supreme Court
RiseandShine lost its case against Mtn Dew Rise Energy without a jury ever weighing in. The justices will decide whether a trademark’s strength is for judges or juries to judge.
Food & Agriculture · Retail
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Company vs Company
Model sues Rainbow Shops for using AI copies of her after her contract ended
Francheska Pujols says the budget retailer kept running ads with AI-made versions of her in sexualised poses she never shot. Rainbow says it used its images properly.
Fashion · Retail · Technology
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