1) Free content: BREAKING: Microsoft takes Via LA HEVC patent pool license

Microsoft has joined Via LA’s HEVC (H.265) patent pool as a licensee, bringing an end to standard-essential patent litigation initiated by licensors M&K, Gensquare LLC, and Tagivan II in Germany, the pool administrator announced today.

2) Free content: Xiaomi’s IP strategy head Na Wei warns 2025 smartphone market is ‘flat’

During a recent speech, Xiaomi’s general manager of corporate business development and IP strategy Na Wei discussed the company’s IP trajectory so far, the way she believes IP licensing should act as an invisible hand to support the sustainability of the IP system.

Both articles are available free of charge as they relate to patent pools (in the second case, a patent pool event).