Month: September 2026
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HMD stops selling its smartphones in Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands after Fraunhofer’s UPC injunctions
The overlap between the countries in which HMD removed the entire smartphone category from its web offerings and the recent UPC injunctions leaves no room for any other plausible explanation.
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iPhone Duo: two long-running Apple patent families and a Liechtenstein priority filing
Apple’s iPhone Duo arrives with a long paper trail: a 2011 patent naming CEO John Ternus as inventor, a 2015 family whose foldable claims issued five months before launch, and an iPhone Duo trademark filed first in Liechtenstein in March.
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SIM IP acquires QinetiQ cross-domain security patent portfolio rooted in UK defense research
SIM IP has acquired eight QinetiQ patent families covering cross-domain security, the technology deciding whether external data can enter trusted networks, with which it plans to launch an open licensing program.
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Brazilian court-appointed expert finds Skyworth’s TVs infringe IP Bridge patent, rules it essential to AVC standard
A court-appointed expert yesterday issued a report finding a patent asserted by Japan’s IP Bridge against China’s Skyworth in the Rio de Janeiro State Court is being infringed by the latter’s television sets and receivers, and is essential to the H.264/AVC standard.
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Part 2: The value of modern video codec technology in video streaming
In this guest contribution, Access Advance discusses the four modern video codecs licensed in its Video Distribution Patent Pool (VDP Pool) and how they enable delivery of high-quality video and enhanced viewer satisfaction over real-world internet connections.
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ETSI’s “new chapter” involves broader technological footprint, stronger global engagement
“Our collaboration with the European Commission is deeper than ever,” ETSI’s director-general Jan Ellsberger also announced recently.
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Malikie Innovations dismisses Hyundai suit, pointing to probable Avanci Wi-Fi 6 license
Earlier, Avanci announced the signing of three as-yet-undisclosed automotive companies as licensees to its Wi-Fi 6 Vehicles program.
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Daiichi Sankyo loses six CNIPA administrative patent-linkage cases over mirogabalin formulation patents
Daiichi Sankyo has now lost six Chinese patent-linkage cases over generic mirogabalin after the CNIPA found two dosage strengths outside three formulation patents. The rulings show the growing importance of CNIPA’s administrative route for resolving patent disputes before generic launch.
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Ford, General Motors among latest licensees to join Avanci Wi-Fi 6 Vehicles program; Sol IP signs up as licensor
Avanci Wi-Fi Head Qudus Olaniran also teased future plans for programs covering Wi-Fi 7, and verticals outside of automotive.
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Skysong sues Fortinet, CrowdStrike at UPC over shared AI vulnerability-scoring patent
The Arizona State University patent-licensing arm filed both cases on the same day, pulling the operators of the widely used Exploit Prediction Scoring System into the Fortinet suit and using CrowdStrike’s EU cloud plans to add threatened-infringement claims, as its parallel Texas cases near trial.