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• January 21, 2026

  Music Promoters Fight Free Music Giant's £4M Royalty Claim

  Two music promotion companies have denied owing £4.1 million ($5.5 million) in license fees and other royalties to a royalty-free record label, arguing that the disputed deal ended in 2017 and the label had previously agreed to accept payment in installments.

• January 21, 2026

  Bill Would Require Stays On Patent Claims Against End Users

  A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to mandate that a stay be implemented on claims against retailers or end users in patent infringement cases when a manufacturer steps in to defend those claims.

• January 20, 2026

  Martin Shkreli Can't Force Wu-Tang's RZA Into Album Fight

  A New York federal judge has shot down Martin Shkreli's request to add Wu-Tang Clan rappers and producers RZA and Cilvaringz to litigation centered on the group's rare album "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin," slamming Shkreli's motion as "astonishingly devoid of support."

• January 20, 2026

  Squires Institutes 8 New Patent Reviews, Denies 16 Others

  John Squires, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, granted eight petitions seeking America Invents Act review of patents, but spurned twice as many others in his latest summary decision.

• January 20, 2026

  XAI Seeks To Block Calif. GenAI Training Data Disclosure Law

  XAI has urged a California federal court to block the Golden State from enforcing a new law imposing training data disclosure requirements on generative artificial intelligence system developers, saying the law unconstitutionally forces it to reveal its valuable trade secrets to its competitors.

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