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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The UK Supreme Court has agreed to hear Apple’s appeal against a $502 million-plus interest award made by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales to Optis Cellular in its patent infringement case against the iPhone giant. In this major ruling, a panel including the UK’s two most experienced patent judges – Lord Justices Arnold and Birss – upended a first-instance judgment that had almost entirely gone Apple’s way. Now, three Supreme Court justices – none of them a specialist patent judge – will decide whether Birss and Arnold were right.

The decision to grant the appeal, however, should not be seen as an indicator of a particular line of thought. It’s more about this being an important case, involving a large sum of money, in which new precedent needs to be confirmed, modified or struck down. To say that this is a watershed moment would be something of an understatement: the entire SEP world will be watching.

Elsewhere, LG Electronics became the latest licensee of the Wilus Wi-Fi 6 SEP portfolio. Sisvel played an advisory role in the deal, which represents another validation of the value of the South Korean R&D company’s patents. Qualcomm also announced its results for financial year 2025, with licensing income relatively flat; while new data reveals that The Hague has become the most popular non-German UPC local division.

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

LG Electronics has agreed to license the Wi-Fi 6 patent portfolio owned by Wilus in a deal facilitated by Sisvel. Sisvel | LG Electronics takes Wilus Wi-Fi 6 licence in Sisvel-facilitated deal

Qualcomm Technology Licensing generated $5.58 billion in revenue during the 2025 financial year – a very slight uptick on the 2024 figure. Qualcomm’s licensing revenue dips in Q4, but slight improvement YOY - IAM 🔒

Oppo has signed a 4G/5G licence deal with an unnamed Chinese automaker. OPPO licenses 4G and 5G patents to unnamed Chinese automaker engaged in “overseas market expansion”, following similar deal with VW – ip fray

Intellectual Discovery has joined the Qi Wireless pool run by Via LA. Intellectual Discovery signs up to Via LA’s Qi patent pool – IAM 🔒

Nokia has hired Tejas Shah, previously InterDigital’s Senior Director of Licensing, to lead its video licensing efforts as Chief Licensing Officer New Segments. Post | LinkedIn

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has become the newest licensor in Sisvel’s 5G Multimode patent pool. Sisvel | KAIST joins Sisvel 5G Multimode patent pool

Legal

The UK Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of the Court of Appeal’s decision in Optis v Apple, which resulted in an award of $502 million plus interest. Optis Cellular Technology LLC and others (Respondents) v Apple Retail UK Limited and others (Appellants) No 2 – UK Supreme Court

The Munich Regional Court has issued an injunction against Disney over a video streaming patent owned by InterDigital. InterDigital – press release

The UK High Court has granted Warner Bros. Discovery a preliminary injunction protecting its ability to seek a UK FRAND determination or interim licence order against Nokia. Warner Bros. Discovery obtained UK anti-antisuit/anti-AILI injunction against Nokia on Monday; patent infringement litigation started on Saturday – ip fray

Policy & Opinion

A European Parliament committee has voted 14–8 to pursue legal action against the European Commission for withdrawing the SEP regulation. Lawmakers vote in favor of suing EU Commission over SEP bill withdrawal | MLex 🔒

Strategy & Analysis

Infringement actions filed at the Unified Patent Court increased by over 30% in its second year, while The Hague has overtaken Paris as the most-used non-German local division. The Unified Patent Court at two: What the data really says