In the long-running dispute between DivX and Netflix, the EPO has revoked a key patent held by DivX, covering progressive video playback technology. The decision follows a recent ruling by the UPC's Munich local division, which upheld the same patent and found Netflix liable for indirect infringement across 18 UPC member states.

It is not pretty when an investor asks, “have you done a patentability search?” and the answer is no, nor when they ask, “have you done a freedom to operate investigation?” and the answer is no. I have watched founders lose momentum in a pitch the moment those questions land and the silence stretches. While the deal rarely dies in that moment, the trust does – and trust is the actual currency of a fundraise.

The Supreme Court’s decision in Emotional Perception AI (EPAI) brought much-awaited clarity on how software inventions should be examined at the UKIPO. The decision brought the UK approach into alignment with that taken by the EPO.

Press release from Huawei -Monday 05 October 2026. [Shenzhen, China, October 5, 2026] Huawei and Qualcomm today announced a multi-year, broad patent license agreement that includes cross licenses to the companies’ patent portfolios across a range of technology fields, including 5G, compute, AI, and networking, together with Qualcomm’s purchase of certain Huawei U.S. patents in the areas of compute, AI, networking, and other technologies.

The WIPO GREEN database is a free, solutions oriented, global innovation catalogue that connects needs for solving environmental or climate change problems with tangible solutions. The database consists of uploads of needs and solutions, green technology patents from the WIPO Patentscope database, imports from select partner organizations, relevant knowledge material, and expert or company profiles. Uploads are either uploaded by users themselves or by WIPO GREEN or others, in which case the uploaded information is based on publicly available information. For each technology it is indicated who has uploaded. Some of the unique features of the database are: Always-on AI-assisted auto-matching, user uploads tracing and alerts, full-text search for solutions based on long need descriptions, and the Patent2Solution search function for finding commercial applications of a patent. Free registration is required for uploading. It is not a requirement that a technology uploaded has a patent or other secure IP rights. Uploading to the database does not entail any IP right protection.

"By order of 21 September 2026, the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) addressed a question that UPC case law had not yet settled: whether an action seeking a declaration of non-infringement of a European patent may be brought when, at the time the Statement of Claim is filed, the patent has not yet been formally granted."

Nike sued Lululemon in 2022, alleging its Mirror Home Gym infringed on six patents covering technology used in Nike’s fitness equipment and smartphone apps that enables users to target specific levels of exertion, compete with other users and record their performance. The lawsuit targeted interactive functions like tracking performance, targeting specific heart rate or exertion levels, and competing with other users (such as Mirror’s “Face off” feature).

“The United States, home to 20 top 100 innovation clusters, trailing behind China’s total of 25, saw its highest ranking handed out to the San Jose-San Francisco area.” says IP Watchdog

WIPO Press Release: WIPO GII: Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou, Tokyo-Yokohama, San Jose-San Francisco, Beijing and Seoul Are World’s Biggest “Innovation Clusters”