Netflix hit with UPC injunction in DivX streaming patent dispute
By Inbar Preiss ( September 16, 2026, 09:39 GMT | Insight) -- The online streaming giant faces a UPC injunction across 18 European countries after judges found its streaming software infringed a DivX patent. The Munich court upheld the patent, rejected Netflix’s invalidity challenge and refused to require DivX to post enforcement security. Netflix plans to appeal.Netflix has been ordered to stop offering infringing streaming software across 18 European countries after the Unified Patent Court sided with video-technology company DivX in a dispute over technology used when viewers jump through streamed content....
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