By Steve Scherer ( July 2, 2026, 12:01 GMT | Insight) -- RPX expanded access to e-commerce patents and Microsoft joined a WiFi technologies pool, while Nokia added Asus to its consumer electronics licensing program. Nokia joined Avanci’s EV charger pool as a licensor, and Alibaba became a licensee in Access Advance's Video Distribution pool. In other licensing activity in the US and abroad over the past two weeks, drugmakers Antengene and Haisco signed licensing deals that could be worth billions in milestone payments, as Getty Images partnered with OpenAI, OPPO licensed payment-terminal technology, and Global e·dentity broadened its biometric licensing footprint into Africa and the Gulf.RPX secured an Adeia patent licence for AI-driven e-commerce technologies, Microsoft joined Sisvel's WiFi patent pool, and Nokia extended its consumer electronics licensing campaign with Asus. Nokia joined Avanci’s EV charger pool as a licensor, and Alibaba became a licensee in Access Advance's Video Distribution pool. In healthcare, Antengene and Haisco signed potential multibillion-dollar licensing agreements for experimental drug candidates, while Hanno IP expanded its AI and imaging patent holdings through a Hikvision acquisition....
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