IP licensing and business: Aug. 14-Aug. 27
August 27, 2026
| Steve Scherer
Huawei and HP cross-license WiFi to resolve litigation, while drug licensing dominated in recent weeks, led by multibillion-dollar obesity and immunology agreements. Sisvel set point-of-sale pool rates, Access... (more story)
This week at the UPC: Aug. 21-27
August 27, 2026
| Anna Lauwereys
The Unified Patent Court this week decided on injunctions, infringements and withdrawal actions. HMD was found to be an "unwilling licensee" and failed to block an injunction order over its smartphones and tab... (more story)
South Korea music copyright group reverses AI rules amid stakeholder divisions
August 27, 2026
| Choonsik Yoo
The Korea Music Copyright Association has withdrawn new filing and registration criteria for AI-assisted musical works less than a month after adopting them, citing requests from the National Assembly and the ... (more story)
Singapore weighs AI training safeguards, patent inventorship rules in IP review
August 27, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
Singapore is considering whether to make clearer when contractual restrictions can prevent AI developers from relying on a copyright exception for training, as part of a broader review of how its intellectual ... (more story)
China charts broader trade secret protection for specialized AI models
August 27, 2026
| MLex Staff
China’s market regulator has highlighted what it calls the country’s first trade secret enforcement case involving an industry-specific large model, extending protection beyond source code to other technical i... (more story)
Sisvel says point-of-sale pool formed faster than expected amid legal disputes
August 26, 2026
| Steve Scherer
Sisvel rapidly assembled its cellular point-of-sale patent licensing platform after private negotiations and courtroom clashes demonstrated demand for a collective mechanism in a well-established technology se... (more story)
Access Advance seeks AV2 patents for new device, software pool
August 26, 2026
| Steve Scherer
Access Advance has begun exploring a patent pool covering devices and software that implement the AV2 standard and predecessor video codec AV1. The company on Tuesday invited owners of potentially essential pa... (more story)
Samsung ordered to pay $11.6m in damages to Swatch in UK trademark case
August 26, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
Samsung has been ordered to pay $11.6 million in damages to Swatch after a UK court found that the Korean company broke trademark law by allowing third parties to sell watch face apps for its smartwatches whic... (more story)