The World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO’s) Arbitration and Mediation Center has today launched an initiative that sees major standard-essential patent (SEP) holders pledge to SMEs selling and manufacturing IoT devices that they will use mediation to resolve impasses in SEP licensing negotiations.

The Munich I Regional Court has granted Dolby its first-ever preliminary injunction based on a standard-essential patent against Roku.

Almost a dozen different companies have been targeted in a new U.S. patent enforcement campaign initiated by Whirlpool, including Samsung, LG, Electrolux, Midea, and Haier.

USPTO Director John A. Squires’ new PTAB IPR rules are evidently already starting to take effect.