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, it emerged that on the back of the injunction it is now enforcing in Germany against Asus, Korean R&D institute Wilus – a licensor in various Sisvel pools, including the recently launched Wi-Fi Multimode programme – has requested the Eastern District of Texas federal court to issue a permanent injunction against Asus subsidiary Askey in a Wi-Fi patent infringement suit.

“Based on a stipulation under which Askey admits to the infringement of several valid SEPs, Wilus is now asking Judge Rodney Gilstrap for a permanent injunction (on an expedited track),” ip fray reported, adding: “This case has landmark potential. It can make an impact even beyond SEPs if some of Wilus’s arguments, such as the irreparable harm from a licensing firm lacking the funding for more innovative work due to hold-out, are accepted.”

Notably, in its filing, Wilus cited last year’s joint statement of interest submitted by the US Department of Justice and the USPTO in the Radian Memory v Samsung Electronics dispute, which called for the wider availability of injunctions in patent litigation. This is a case to which the global FRAND/SEP community will now be paying very close attention. The entire market understands that the grant of a US injunction to an SEP holder would be a gamechanger.

Elsewhere in the legal world, Ericsson filed suit at the Unified Patent Court against Verifone in its first IoT-related enforcement; and in the UK, a high-profile action challenging Qualcomm’s stipulation that tied Apple and Samsung access to chipset technology with SEP licence agreements was dropped. Meanwhile, in an in-depth interview with JUVE Patent, Judge Oliver Schön of the Munich Regional Court outlined his thinking on many key SEP-related issues.

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

InterDigital and Sony have renewed a licensing deal that covers all of the Japanese company’s end-user devices. Read more (InterDigital press release)

Fearing increased memory chip supply constraints, device makers took as much inventory as they could at the end of 2025. This made Q4 the strongest period in several years for product shipments in several verticals. Read more (Sisvel Insights)

There has been a remarkable compression in the time between the invention of new technologies and their first use worldwide. Read more (World Intellectual Property Report 2026: Technology on the Move)

Legal

Wilus has filed a motion in the Eastern District of Texas for a permanent injunction against Askey in a case relating to Wi-Fi SEPs. If granted, this would be only the second such award since the Supreme Court’s eBay v MercExchange ruling. Read more (ip fray)

In its first foray into IoT SEP-related enforcement, Ericsson has launched actions at the Hague and Mannheim local divisions of the Unified Patent Court against point-of-sale device company Verifone. Read more (IAM) 🔒

A UK class action alleging that Qualcomm abused its dominant position by requiring Apple and Samsung to take SEP licences before being able to buy its chipsets has been withdrawn. Read more (Reuters). See also ip fray

Ericsson has asked the Delaware federal district court for declarations of non-infringement and non-FRAND conduct against Acer, which is asserting cellular SEPs against several of the company’s base station customers. Read more (IAM)🔒

The full decisions in the closely watched VoiceAge EVS v HMD and Broadcom v Renault suits have been published by the German courts that handed them down. Read more (ip fray) 🔒

Qi standard litigation has become more widespread in the US, with Powermat suing Apple over SEPs in a Texas federal court last week. Read more (IAM) 🔒

Policy & Opinion

In a detailed interview, Judge Oliver Schön of the Munich Regional Court discusses key issues in SEP-related litigation. Read more (JUVE Patent)

Proposals in a new European Commission study on the EU’s IP Rights Enforcement Directive would not only significantly weaken patent protection and enforcement but also undermine Europe’s innovation leadership. Read more (IP Europe)

The SEP Regulation, developments in China, the UK’s SEP consultation and litigation support were among the priorities for Nokia’s IP Policy & Advocacy team in 2025, says Collette Rawnsley. Read more (ip fray)

Possible changes to UK law may level the playing field for UK-based SMEs keen to get more involved in using or licensing standard essential technologies. Read more (New Electronics)

Strategy & Analysis

An Apple jury trial win over Optis in early February will simplify the case between the two scheduled for the UK Supreme Court in June. Read more (MLex) 🔒

Ericsson’s patent portfolio management strategy emphasises asset quality over quantity. Read more (Gabriele Mohsler LinkedIn)

Qualcomm is both a semiconductor business tied to device cycles and a global patent licensing platform built on standard essential intellectual property. When those are separated, the earnings profile looks different. Read more (Jim Harlan LinkedIn)

An agreement between RPX and Fractus shows how the defensive aggregator’s model yields efficiencies in the highly fragmented IoT market. Read more (IAM) 🔒