Regarding this ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that, on the one hand, Perplexity AI’s legal arguments against the lower court’s injunction were substantively reasonable and not baseless; on the other hand, the panel determined that temporarily allowing the “Comet” AI shopping bot to continue operating on Amazon would not cause irreparable immediate harm to Amazon. Based on this, the court decided to suspend enforcement of the lower court’s preliminary injunction and maintain the current operational status until the appellate court issues a final ruling on the injunction’s legality.

an abuse of process.The UPC Court of Appeal upheld the previous revocation decision by the Düsseldorf Regional Court. The Court of Appeal noted that in its application for evidence preservation filed on September 2, 2025, Ecovacs intentionally omitted key information—namely, that the respondent, Roborock, was itself selling the products in question directly to German consumers through its Amazon store. The court held that this information was sufficient to influence the trial court’s judgment in deciding whether to issue an ex parte inspection order.

This case stems from VoiceAge’s claim that it holds multiple standard-essential patents related to the EVS (Enhanced Voice Services) standard, alleging that HMD has implemented the relevant technology in its mobile phone products without a license. The parties have engaged in multiple rounds of litigation in Germany since 2019, with the core dispute centered on FRAND (Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory) licensing negotiations—specifically, whether HMD is a bona fide licensee, whether it has a genuine intention to accept a license, and the scope of the SEP holder’s licensing obligations.

Recently, Huawei filed a lawsuit against Meta at the Mannheim Regional Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), alleging that Meta has infringed on Huawei’s High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC/H.265) patents.

Recently, Amazon successfully obtained a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against AI search company Perplexity, prohibiting the latter from using its AI shopping tool Comet on Amazon's website. The ruling was issued by Judge Maxine Chesney of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on March 9, 2026.

On March 11, 2026, the China National Intellectual Property Administration issued Decision No. 611029 on the Examination of a Request for Declaration of Invalidity. This decision concerns a request filed by Shenzhen DJI Innovations Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “DJI”) against the patent titled “Modification of Inspection Content Items” (Patent No. 202111198939.X) owned by Aide Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Aide”). The decision declares the entire patent invalid. titled “Modification of Detection Content Items,” issued a final review decision declaring the entire patent invalid.

Recently, Huawei filed a lawsuit against Disney in the Mannheim Regional Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), alleging infringement of its European Patent EP3211897 (“Method and Apparatus for Encoding and Decoding Transform Coefficients”) related to HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) technology. This case marks Huawei's fourth HEVC-related patent infringement lawsuit filed in the UPC.

This case stems from a licensing dispute over standard essential patents (SEPs) for video and communication technologies. InterDigital asserts ownership of multiple SEPs covering video streaming and wireless communication technologies, alleging that Amazon's Prime Video service, CloudFront content delivery network, and Fire series devices implement its patented technologies. After licensing negotiations failed, the dispute spread across multiple jurisdictions.

The six organizations involved are the Intellectual Property Innovation Alliance (IP2Innovate), the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), the Application Technology Association (ACT), the Computer & Communications Industry Association Europe (CCIA Europe), the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA), and the Fair Standards Alliance (FSA). Representing over 100 member companies across automotive, IT, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and consumer goods sectors, these organizations collectively hold more than 580,000 patents within the EU and employ approximately 2.5 million people.

Recently, the UPC District Court in The Hague ruled in favor of Abbott Diabetes Care (hereinafter referred to as Abbott) in its infringement case against MicroTech (MicroTech Medical Devices (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd., hereinafter referred to as MicroTech Medical), Lotus NL, Mediq, and other companies, granting a preliminary injunction against the defendants. The court further determined that the patent holder's 2.5-month period between completing test purchases and filing the application satisfied the urgency requirement for interim measures.