Netflix fails to halt DivX streaming patent injunction despite EPO revocation
By Inbar Preiss ( November 3, 2026, 08:07 GMT | Insight) -- Netflix has failed to halt enforcement of a Unified Patent Court injunction won by DivX over a streaming-technology patent, despite the European Patent Office revoking the patent. Appeal judges said the revocation was not final and did not itself justify suspending enforcement. Netflix’s appeal against the infringement ruling remains pending.Netflix has failed to halt enforcement of a Unified Patent Court injunction won by DivX, according to an order published Monday, despite the European Patent Office’s subsequent revocation of the streaming-technology patent at issue....
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