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.

On March 3, 2026, the Hague Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) recently issued a final judgment in the patent infringement case brought by Advanced Brain Monitoring (hereinafter referred to as “ABM”) against Philips.

The AI copyright dispute originated with computer scientist Stephen Thaler, who sought copyright registration for a visual artwork titled A Recent Entrance to Paradise, created by his self-developed AI system DABUS. Thaler listed the AI as the author in the application.

According to the ruling, the ITC upheld its prior infringement determination and issued a Limited Exclusion Order and Cease and Desist Order against Insta360. These orders prohibit Insta360 from continuing to import, sell, or promote the infringing products within the United States. Both orders will take effect after completion of the Presidential review process.