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The DPA Activity Tracker provides our latest information on developments in legislatures, judiciaries and the executive branches of G20, EU member states and Switzerland.
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Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions
Patent and Trademark Office released Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions
On 26 November 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released the Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions and rescinded the guidance issued on 13 February 2024. The previous guidance, which applied the Pannu fa…
Lawsuit over alleged unlawful copying of copyrighted sound recordings for AI-music training (UMG Recordings v Suno/Case 1:24-cv-11611)
Warner Music Group reached settlement of litigation and formed licensed-AI partnership agreement with Suno
On 25 November 2025, Warner Music Group announced that it had reached a settlement with Suno in the copyright lawsuit initiated on 24 June 2024. The complaint had alleged that Suno reproduced and ingested copyrighted sound recordings to train its ge…
Lawsuit challenging European Commission's withdrawal of proposal for regulation on standard essential patents (Wolken v Commission/Case T-662/25)
Parliament voted to maintain lawsuit challenging European Commission's withdrawal of proposal for regulation on standard essential patents
On 25 November 2025, the Parliament voted in favour of maintaining the lawsuit challenging the European Commission's withdrawal of a proposal for a regulation on standard essential patents (SEP). The lawsuit challenges the European Commission’s refu…
Lawsuit over alleged aiding of copyright infringement through content delivery network services (Kadokawa and others v Cloudflare)
Tokyo District Court found Cloudflare liable for aiding copyright infringement through CDN services
On 19 November 2025, the Tokyo District Court awarded approximately JPY 1.265 billion to Kodansha, Shueisha, and Shogakukan, and JPY 1.214 billion to KADOKAWA after finding Cloudflare liable for aiding copyright infringement. The case concerned two …
Lawsuit concerning alleged copyright infringement of song lyrics by AI systems (GEMA v Open AI) (Case No. 42 O 14139/24)
Munich Regional Court issued ruling on lawsuit concerning alleged copyright infringement of song lyrics by AI systems
On 11 November 2025, the 42nd Civil Chamber of the Munich Regional Court largely upheld GEMA’s claims for injunctive relief and damages against two OpenAI group companies. GEMA, a collecting society, argued that lyrics by nine German songwriters had…
National Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy
Federal Executive Council approved National Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy
On 6 November 2025, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the National Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy (NIPPS), Nigeria’s first unified framework for the protection and commercialisation of intellectual-property rights. The NIPPS se…
Lawsuit concerning alleged unauthorised use of copyrighted works and trade marks in generative AI (Getty Images v Stability AI Limited/IL-2023-000007)
High Court ruled that Stability AI partially infringed Getty Images' trademarks
On 4 November 2025, the High Court of Justice in England and Wales ruled that Stability AI had partially infringed Getty Images’ ISTOCK and GETTY IMAGES trademarks. The Court found that synthetic watermark images produced by Stable Diffusion version…
Copyright protection regulation in TC260 Basic Requirements for Security of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services of Cybersecurity Technology
TC260 standard Basic Requirements for Security of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services of Cybersecurity Technology including measures on copyright protection enters into force
On 1 November 2025, the national standard "Basic Requirements for Security of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services of Cybersecurity Technology" from the National Information Security Standardisation Technical Committee of China (TC260) enters…
Copyright protection regulation in amendment to Law on Intellectual Property
Amendment to Law on Intellectual Property, including copyright protection regulation was introduced to National Assembly
On 27 October 2025, the amendment to the Law on Intellectual Property, including the copyright protection regulation, was introduced to the National Assembly. The amendment expands copyright protection to cover cable and encrypted satellite signals …
Patent protection regulation in amendment to Law on Intellectual Property
Amendment to Law on Intellectual Property, including patent protection regulation was introduced to National Assembly
On 27 October 2025, the amendment to the Law on Intellectual Property, including patent protection regulation, was introduced to the National Assembly. The amendment enables the patenting of computer programs and algorithms embedded in technical dev…