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In this issue: New technologies Internet Media Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Telecommunications LexTalk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information New technologies Tenets of patentability affected by the UK Supreme Court (Emotional Perception v Comptroller of Patents UKIPO) In Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2026] UKSC 3, the Supreme Court has shaken the bedrock of UK patent law by resetting how exclusions from patentability—namely non‑patentable subject matter—are assessed. In addition, the Court clarifies what constitutes an invention and offers steer on evaluating inventive step/obviousness. This is a landmark for a generation: it will endure while driving immediate changes in patent practice. The ruling removes long‑standing UK obstacles to protecting advances across ‘all fields of technology’, not merely the AI and computing domains where Emotional Perception’s system sits. Its multi‑layered reasoning brings alignment and...

Below is a record of every Commission preliminary probe concluded under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (EU) (Regulation 2022/2560) (the FSR). For details on all live Commission FSR enquiries, see: Foreign Subsidies Regulation—ongoing cases tracker. For information on all finalised Commission in‑depth reviews, see: FSR in‑depth investigations—closed cases tracker. For updates on challenges before the General Court and the Court of Justice, see: General Court FSR appeals—ongoing cases tracker and Court of Justice FSR appeals—ongoing cases tracker. 2026 Case (Case number) Type of assessment Industry sector Latest development Salzgitter Mannesmann/Hüttenwerke Kruppe Mannesmann (FS.100311) Concentration Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro‑alloys • Deadline has passed—13/05/2026 • Notification—07/04/2026 Orange/Masorange (FS.100292) Concentration Wired, wireless, and satellite telecommunications activities • Deadline passed—13/05/2026 • Notification—07/04/2026 Eurazeo/Eiffel/Segula (FS.100326) Concentration Engineering activities and related technical consultancy • Deadline passed—12/05/2026 • Notification—01/04/2026 Honda/Astemo (FS.100296) Concentration Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles • Deadline passed—12/05/2026 • Notification—01/04/2026 EPG/Fnac Darty Group (FS.100318) Concentration Retail sale of information...

CASE HUB ARCHIVED — this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision of 17 March 2020; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline and commentary Case facts Outline UK merger inquiry into the completed purchase by Bottomline of Experian’s EPG business and associated assets. The deal featured horizontal overlaps within markets for payment software. Latest developments On 17 March 2020, the CMA published its final report, concluding that the transaction had not resulted in, and was not expected to result in, an SLC in payment software markets. Consequently, the CMA cleared the acquisition without conditions. Parties Bottomline Technologies, (de) Inc (Bottomline), a US-based provider, delivers electronic payment, invoice, and document automation solutions primarily across the US, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. Experian Limited (Experian) forms part of a group whose parent company, Experian plc, is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Experian plc is a multinational consumer credit reporting company; it collects and aggregates data...

This Practice Note outlines the principal UK government support available across 2022–25 for households and non-domestic users—such as businesses, charities and public sector bodies—designed to help them handle exceptionally high energy costs following the 2022 energy price crisis. Why did the UK government need to provide exceptional energy bills support? Global energy price shocks, intensified by the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, drove wholesale prices markedly higher in the second half of 2022. There was broad concern about the consequences for domestic and non-domestic consumers, many of whom feared bills would become unaffordable, with serious implications for the wider economy. In response, the then Prime Minister, Liz Truss, stated on 8 September 2022 that emergency legislation would be introduced to help customers manage their energy costs over the winter. More broadly, the government has undertaken, and continues to pursue, reform of the retail energy market, with fair pricing for consumers as a key objective. For more information, see Practice Note: Retail Energy Market Reform in...