On 15 April 2026, the Chinese technology group Huawei filed an action against the RTL Group before the Mannheim Local Chamber of Appeals (Unified Patent Court, UPC). The subject matter of the case is the European patent EP2493191, which concerns a central technique of MPEG‐DASH streaming. The case is exemplary for how standard-essential patents (SEPs) in the field of video streaming become strategic means of printing in licensing negotiations – …
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On 15 April 2026, the Chinese technology group Huawei filed an action against the RTL Group before the Mannheim Local Chamber of Appeals (Unified Patent Court, UPC). The subject matter of the case is the European patent EP2493191, which concerns a central technique of MPEG‐DASH streaming. The case is exemplary for how standard-essential patents (SEPs) in the field of video streaming become strategic means of printing in licensing negotiations – …