The dispute traces back to October 2025 when Onesta filed three patent infringement lawsuits against BMW in Munich Regional Court I, Germany—two involving U.S. patents. The German court invoked precedent established by the European Court of Justice in BSH v. Electrolux, asserting non-German patents could be litigated.

This task force aims to address increasingly complex patent licensing challenges in the communications and internet technology sectors, promote transparency in standard-setting processes, and foster balanced development between innovators and implementers.

The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, naming Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity AI as defendants. This marks the first copyright lawsuit against xAI over its training practices and the first time Perplexity has been sued by authors.

This case revolves around European Patent EP 3 678 321 held by Huawei. Huawei had previously filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Netgear over this patent. TP-Link, also sued by Huawei for the same patent, applied to the court to access certain litigation documents from the Huawei-Netgear case, asserting a legitimate interest in the materials.

This order not only confirms the injunction's validity but also explicitly outlines specific sanctions for potential violations for the first time, including an initial penalty of up to €50 million (approximately RMB 414 million) and a daily penalty of €500,000 (approximately RMB 4.14 million).

Ericsson has recently filed new lawsuits against Transsion in Indonesia, Colombia, and Morocco. This marks the first time major SEP holders like Ericsson have initiated public SEP infringement litigation in Morocco.

Disney has frequently faced litigation in the streaming media sector in recent years. In November 2024, technology company Adeia sued Disney in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging that Disney's streaming services—including Hulu, ESPN+, and Disney+—infringed six of Adeia's patents related to video streaming technology.

On December 19, 2025, the Düsseldorf Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued a significant ruling in a patent dispute involving Ecovacs and Roborock. The court determined that its previous unilateral orders—including evidence preservation—issued on September 4 after hearing only Ecovacs' arguments failed to meet procedural requirements and were therefore legally revoked.

Judge James Mellor further clarified that this interim license will require Acer, Asus, and Hisense to pay Nokia $0.365 per device sold. This amount exceeds the $0.03 previously proposed by Acer and Asus but falls below Nokia's initial demand of $0.69. Nokia stated it will appeal the ruling.

The ruling centered on the “scope of disclosure of patent licensing agreements.” HMD, the alleged infringer, applied to the court requesting Huawei to disclose all unredacted versions of its patent licensing agreements with all third parties.