Welcome to the latest edition of the Sisvel Insights weekly round-up, aggregating news stories, analyses and data points affecting the SEP world that have caught our eye over the past seven days.

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Last Wednesday was Sisvel’s 44^th birthday, so it was the perfect day to announce the creation of our new Point of Sale (POS) pool, with founder licensors Huawei, LG Electronics and Nokia – three of the biggest players in the cellular space. With incentives to join the programme as a licensor in place until mid-May, the likelihood is that further companies will be coming on board soon, so making the offer even more compelling.

POS is the perfect vertical for a pool: it is global in reach and powered by standardised cellular technology. With the enhanced capabilities it affords rapidly expanding, it is only going to get bigger. The Sisvel programme will simplify access to the SEPs that underpin the various products currently out in the market, as well as those now being developed.

Elsewhere, the ITC has launched investigations into TCL and Hisense relating to video technology patents following a complaint from InterDigital; and China has informed the WTO that it has withdrawn its worldwide anti-suit injunction policy. In an interview with IAM, meanwhile, the co-chair of the recently formed USPTO SEP Working Group explained how it is seeking to bolster US participation in standards development.

Please note that the inclusion of a piece in the list below does not signify agreement with what is stated in the linked article – just that we believe it is of interest and worth flagging.

Market

Sisvel has unveiled a new POS patent pool with Huawei, LG Electronics and Nokia as founding licensors. Read more (Sisvel Newsroom). See also ip fray and IAM 🔒

Nokia has revealed that home security systems are the next focus for its IoT SEP licensing efforts. Read more (Nokia blog post). See also IAM 🔒

Responding to reports that Via Licensing’s video licensors were not informed ahead of time of Access Advance’s HEVC and VVC pool acquisitions, Via President Kevin Mack said there is an understanding that such transactions “should be held in confidence”. Read more (ip fray)

Legal

The ITC has instituted Section 337 investigations against TCL and Hisense based on a complaint from InterDigital over video technologies. Read more (IAM) 🔒

A court in Rio de Janeiro has slapped Transsion with a preliminary injunction over infringement of 5G SEPs owned by InterDigital. Read more (InterDigital press release). See also ip fray 🔒

Policy & Opinion

China has told the WTO that it has withdrawn a policy that allowed Chinese courts to issue worldwide anti-suit injunctions in SEP cases after this was found to breach trade rules. Read more (European Commission). See also MLex and China IPR

The co-chair of the USPTO SEP Working Group says it wants to meet with stakeholders to generate ideas that will boost US participation in standards development. Read more (IAM) 🔒

Defendant Samsung has opposed a recent DoJ intervention in favour of patent injunctions; but the plaintiff in the case has also taken issue with some aspects of the government’s argument. Read more (Law360) 🔒

The UPC’s position in InterDigital v Amazon is unbalanced and contrasts with the CJEU’s stance in Electrolux v BSH on the ability of EU courts to rule on issues concerning infringement and validity of foreign patents. Read more (Justin Lambert, Mischon de Reya)

If licensing negotiation groups are assessed through the lens of classic cartel theory, there is a risk of misunderstanding their function within the FRAND ecosystem. Read more (IAM) 🔒

Strategy & Analysis

The Sisvel team’s report from DVB World 2026 shines a spotlight on new technologies that are shaping the future of media. Read more (Sisvel Insights)

6G will be the first AI-native cellular connectivity standard and is set to bring a wide range of new implementers and innovators into the licensing ecosystem. Read more (IAM) 🔒

Patentees’ win rates in German SEP cases are not as high as commonly assumed, Munich Judge Oliver Schoen has explained, since plaintiffs often pull the plug when it becomes clear that a ruling will not go their way. Read more (IAM) 🔒

A recent Chinese court decision clarifies how serial invalidity challenges should be handled by the CNIPA. Read more (ip fray) 🔒

The number of US patent lawsuits related to the AV1 video codec reached an all-time high in 2025. Read more (IAM) 🔒