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 week, a Munich Regional Court panel of judges – presiding judge Oliver Schön, Katalin Tözsér and Florian Schweyer – handed down the full judgment in the Wilus v Asus case centred on the infringement of a Wi-Fi 6 patent. It was already known that the South Korean R&D company – a Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool member – had been awarded a preliminary injunction, but the final decision makes clear that the court found offers made for both a Sisvel pool licence and a Wilus portfolio licence were FRAND.

Upon payment of certain securities, Wilus can enforce the injunction. According to reporting by German patent news and analysis platform Juve, this would cover “certain Wi-Fi 6 compatible devices in Germany … These include the Zenfone 11 Ultra smartphone, the ASUS Zenbook S 13, the ASUS Chromebox 4 mini PC and the ASUS AiO E3 (E3402) all-in-one PC”.

The Munich Regional Court is the busiest patent venue in Europe and has a highly regarded bench, so this decision represents a major validation of the Sisvel pool and Wilus portfolio offerings, just over a week since the new Wi-Fi Multimode programme was launched.

Elsewhere, Nokia announced its annual results, including positive news for its licensing operation; while Ericsson stepped up its global litigation campaign against Transsion by adding South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines to the list of countries in which it has filed suit against the Chinese mobile devices manufacturer. There was a warning, too, from IAM for SEP holders in Europe: you may have won a few battles recently, but do not drop your guard – more challenges are on the way.

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

Nokia has announced a full-year annual royalty run rate for 2025 of approximately €1.4 billion, with licensing revenue at €1.5 billion and an operating profit of almost €1.1 billion. Read more (LinkedIn Patrik Hammarén). See also IAM🔒

Dolby Laboratories expects revenue growth of 15% in 2026, thanks in part to its participation as a licensor in the Access Advance Video Distribution Patent Pool. Read more (IAM) 🔒

Meta is facing new UPC and German litigation claims from two Access Advance patent holders: ETRI and Philips. Read more (ip fray)

Legal

The Munich Regional Court has found that offers made to Asus for both a Sisvel pool licence and a Wilus portfolio licence were FRAND compliant. Read more (Juve)

Ericsson has expanded its global patent enforcement campaign against Transsion to include South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. Read more (ipfray). See also IAM🔒

SEP owner VoiceAge has prevailed against HMD Global in an antitrust appeal before Germany’s Federal Court of Justice, which also declined to refer the case to the CJEU. Read more (MLex) 🔒

It has been revealed that automaker Geely last July asked the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court to determine a global FRAND rate for Nokia’s cellular SEPs. Read more (IAM) 🔒

The UPC Court of Appeal has issued a ruling related to access to comparable licence agreements. Read more (ip fray)

Policy & Opinion

Although SEP holders have won important victories in Europe over the past year, further battles lie ahead – some of them fast approaching. Read more (IAM) 🔒

WIPO has announced that Sisvel is the first patent pool administrator to support its latest transparency initiative by providing validated SEP data for the PATENTSCOPE resource. Read more (WIPO)

The European Commission has published its “Follow-up study on the application of the Directive on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights”. Read more (European Commission)

Strategy & Analysis

Ericsson is usually seen as a cyclical telecom equipment company, but its financials tell a different story. Read more (Jim Harlan LinkedIn)

Dolby operates a predominantly licensing-driven business model, with revenue durability and capital efficiency that look very different from a typical hardware or services-oriented technology company. Read more (Jim Harlan LinkedIn)

LexisNexis has released its latest ranking of the top 50 SEP owners in the 5G cellular field. Read more (LexisNexis). See also MLex🔒

The Hague local division of the UPC is the go-to venue for fast decision-making, while the Munich local division offers the highest preliminary injunction grant rate. Read more (Clarivate)

Patent grants by the China National Intellectual Property Administration fell 15% in 2025 amid greater scrutiny of ‘irregular’ filings. Read more (China IP Law Update)