Anthropic said on October 12 that its new safety measures for Claude reduced data scraping by about 90% to 99%, with extracted reasoning tokens 10 to 100 times lower than before.
NEC recently filed another lawsuit against Anker Innovations in the Marshall Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, citing six new patents and alleging infringement across the eufy product ecosystem. The allegations involve smart cameras, HomeBase hubs, video doorbells, smart locks, apps, backend servers, and AI recognition systems. The original article says this is the seventh patent lawsuit Anker has faced in the U.S. this year, with the company named as a defendant in six infringement cases. It also mentions that LG Electronics and Philips sued Anker before the Unified Patent Court in Europe over standard-essential patents for the Qi wireless charging standard.
The Art Gallery of Billy Jacobs, Ltd. filed a copyright TRO lawsuit over Billy Jacobs’s American country-style illustrations in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on October 8, 2026, involving 122 defendant stores. The case number is 2026-cv-12368. The article did not make clear whether the TRO had been approved by the court. The same plaintiff previously pursued claims over the same works on February 25, 2026, involving 135 defendants.
On September 2, 2026, Amway sued Amazon seller Bregener Store LLC and its operator, Jean Bregener Louis, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, alleging trademark infringement. Amway says the products at issue bear registered trademarks including Amway, Artistry, and Glister, but are outside the brand’s quality control chain and differ materially from genuine products. It also alleges that some products were near expiration, damaged, or missing safety seals. Amway is seeking a permanent injunction and damages under the law. Amazon was not named as a defendant.
Wham-O sued 98 online sellers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, accusing them of selling bodyboards and related products bearing the Boogie trademark without authorization. Funds in the accounts involved have been frozen under a temporary restraining order (TRO). The case number is 2026-cv-04116, and it involves platforms including Amazon, Walmart, and Temu. The complaint was filed on July 20, 2026; the court signed the TRO on September 4; and the case was approved for public notice on October 2. The materials list November 6 as the deadline to respond and recommend that affected sellers check their trademark use, authorization chain, and freeze notices.
The Malaysian government plans to submit the E-Commerce Bill during the next parliamentary session, strengthening oversight of online platforms and sellers, with a focus on consumer protection, the interests of local small and medium-sized businesses, and platform responsibilities. Since October 1, eligible e-commerce platforms in Indonesia have withheld PPh 22 income tax on transaction income earned by certain sellers. On October 10, the Consumer Protection Agency (BPKN) called for preventing the added costs from being passed on to consumers through price increases and for clearly displaying all fees before checkout.
Anker Innovations has faced a total of seven patent lawsuits in the United States since the start of 2026, six of them as a defendant, and is also facing a Section 337 investigation involving wearable breast pumps. On September 18, NEC sued Anker again, alleging that eufy security products and accompanying software infringe six U.S. patents. On September 22, the U.S. International Trade Commission decided to launch a Section 337 investigation requested by Willow Innovations. On September 29, a federal judge vacated the jury’s $13.63 million damages award in FISI’s USB charger patent case, finding that FISI had failed to adequately support its damages calculation.
Bonsny, a brand owned by Chinese accessories company Yiwu Baimei E-Commerce, retained the Ford Banister IP law firm to file four copyright TRO cases in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on October 8 and 9. The case numbers include 26-cv-12346, 26-cv-12342, 26-cv-12423, and 2026-cv-12430.
U.S. artist Alexander Gordon filed a copyright infringement lawsuit over the work 《North American Waterfowl Duck Poster》 (North American Waterfowl Duck Poster). The case number is 26-cv-11917, the filing date was 2026/09/29, and the law firm representing him is Keith.
Greeting card publisher Avanti Press filed three copyright lawsuits in Illinois, United States, on October 6, 2026. The case numbers are 26-cv-12262, 26-cv-12214, and 26-cv-12237. Represented by the Keith law firm, it sued a total of 583 cross-border stores over 18 humorous illustrations of animals such as chickens, cats, dogs, and squirrels.
Why selected:Several recent U.S. copyright cases have targeted cross-border stores. Sellers can use the designs and case numbers involved to check their listings for potential risks.