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Huawei, Qualcomm, Samsung, Ericsson continue to dominate $15 billion 5G licensing market: LexisNexis 5G SEP rankings
Read more: Huawei, Qualcomm, Samsung, Ericsson continue to dominate $15 billion 5G licensing market: LexisNexis 5G SEP rankingsWhile the Top 50 5G patent owners reflected broad geographic diversity, Chinese companies continue to dominate the rankings, LexisNexis’s 2026 edition of “Who Is Leading the 5G Patent Race?” has revealed.
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UPC Roundup (1 week): long-arm and contempt decisions; a dozen new infringement cases; busy hearing period ahead
Read more: UPC Roundup (1 week): long-arm and contempt decisions; a dozen new infringement cases; busy hearing period aheadThis is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the week since our January 17, 2026 UPC Roundup. 6.2 Patent litigation summit Europe highlights measured impact of UPC on global strategy (link to detailed article) Kisaco Research’s fourth annual Patent Litigation Summit Europe concluded on January 21, 2026, after four…
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Disney alienates customers, hurts brand reputation by switching off Dolby Vision, other premium features due to InterDigital’s Munich injunctions
Read more: Disney alienates customers, hurts brand reputation by switching off Dolby Vision, other premium features due to InterDigital’s Munich injunctionsThe German tech press struggles with the notion that Disney would degrade the quality of its premium offering.
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UPC’s Mannheim LD imposes €1.72M contempt fine on Kodak for insufficient information, recall, destruction; discusses cross-border enforcement
Read more: UPC’s Mannheim LD imposes €1.72M contempt fine on Kodak for insufficient information, recall, destruction; discusses cross-border enforcementThe order is significant because of the substantial amount of the penalty as well as the olive branch it extends to the English courts.
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Munich I Regional Court enjoins computer makers Acer and ASUS over Nokia video patent: UK interim license declaration didn’t help
Read more: Munich I Regional Court enjoins computer makers Acer and ASUS over Nokia video patent: UK interim license declaration didn’t helpThe Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chambers increasingly often rules from the bench. Acer and ASUS got no value out of their UK interim-license declaration.
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Access Advance reports 100% HEVC patent agreement renewal rate: Google among licensees that opted to extend
Read more: Access Advance reports 100% HEVC patent agreement renewal rate: Google among licensees that opted to extendAccess Advance renewed 100% of its licensing agreements with current licensees of its HEVC pool – over 120 of them – including with major tech players such as Google and Huawei, and has renamed the HEVC/VVC patent pool it acquired from Via Licensing Alliance to VCL Advance.
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“Limited” UPC impact on global pharma patent strategies, interim licenses debate, “seismic” changes at the PTAB: highlights from Patent Litigation Europe
Read more: “Limited” UPC impact on global pharma patent strategies, interim licenses debate, “seismic” changes at the PTAB: highlights from Patent Litigation EuropeAn overwhelming consensus that life sciences companies prefer to litigate in parallel national courts rather than in the UPC, and an intense debate about the use of interim licenses over arbitration, were among the highlights of the second and third days of Kisaco’s annual Patent Litigation Europe in Amsterdam this week.
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