Month: May 2026
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Huawei announces new semiconductor law: shows independence from Western chip supply
The new principle, known as âthe Tau (Ď) Scaling Lawâ, has âprovenâ it can resolve global semiconductor and electronic system challenges, and Huawei âwelcomesâ peers in joining it in verifying the law, Huawei announced during the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems today.
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Global pharma company Adalvo eying U.S. expansion, says Chief IP Officer
While the B2B pharma company has expanded its European business significantly in the last decade, it is now turning to the U.S. to bring its licensing business, Adalvoâs Toni Santamaria told ip fray at IP Dealmakers earlier this month.
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China Implements Pharmaceutical Test Data Protection Rules: A New Era for Drug Data Protection
China has promulgated the Measures for the Implementation of Pharmaceutical Test Data Protection and the Work Scheme for Pharmaceutical Test Data Protection, which together operationalize for the first time a formal PTDP system in China, granting up to six years of data exclusivity to qualifying chemical and biological drug applicants.
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Latest amendment to Tokyo District Court’s SEP rules: global license requirement compared to latest UPC, UK, German, Brazilian approaches
The Tokyo court’s SEPJM approach is not what WIPO- pr PMAC-style mediation. But in ZTE v. Samsung, Western courts proposed settlement terms. Read our comparative analysis (premium) and general comments on reasonable discourse (free).
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UPC Roundup (1 week): 4G action consolidated with later-filed 5G complaint against same party; Hague LD finds no UPC jurisdiction over BYD UK; more
This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the calendar week of May 18, 2026.
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Eyeing the AI data center boom, Via Licensing Alliance unveils new NAND pool, issues call for patents
Via has announced a new semiconductor-related licensing program, this time for NAND memory technology.
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Ibex sues Disney and Snap in Brazil as streaming patent disputes escalate
Ibex has launched separate patent actions in Brazil against Disney and Snap relating to video technologies, adding to growing litigation pressure on video streamers across multiple jurisdictions.
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Brazilian court lifts ZTE’s 5G injunction against Samsung as expert rejects infringement and essentiality claims
A Rio de Janeiro court revoked ZTE’s 5G injunction against Samsung after a court-appointed expert concluded that the asserted patent is neither infringed nor essential to the 5G NR standard.
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Podcast: interview with Dr. Peter Georg Picht, SEP and competition law expert
In our latest podcast episode, ip fray interviewed Dr. Peter Georg Picht, an IP and competition law professor at Zurich University, and a fellow with the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition.
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Geely takes Avanci license: combination of three near-simultaneous events leaves no room for reasonable doubt
Statistically, the near-simultaneous settlement of cases involving more than one licensor of a given patent pool means a pool license has been taken in all likelihood..