WTO reverses parts of previous decision in EU-China intellectual property dispute

(Reuters) -World Trade Organization arbitrators on Monday reversed part of a previous panel decision that had rejected the European Union's claims that China had violated the global watchdog's rules on intellectual property.

In April, a WTO panel rejected the EU's complaint, lodged in 2022, that China had violated the global watchdog's IP rules over patents for 3G, 4G and 5G mobile technology. However, it did say that China had failed to comply with all WTO transparency obligations.

The EU appealed the case at the Multi-Party Appeal Arbitration Arrangement - a surrogate for the WTO's Appellate Body which was shuttered in 2019 after the United States repeatedly blocked judge appointments.

(Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh in Bengaluru and Olivia Le Poidevin in Geneva; Writing by Friederike Heine;Editing by Tomasz Janowski)