Asus has taken a licence to the standard essential patents in Sisvel's Wi-Fi Multimode pool. The agreement ends pending patent litigation between the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer and pool members Huawei, Philips, and Wilus. 19 May 2026 by Laura King With Asus, Sisvel has secured another major electronics manufacturer as a licensee of its Wi-Fi Multimode programme. Asus joins existing licensees Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Huawei, Panasonic, Philips, Sony Group Corporation, and ZTE. The pool covers SEPs for the Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 7 standards. The licensing deal also brings to an end ongoing patent disputes between Asus and three of the pool’s patent owners — Huawei, Philips, and Wilus. Sisvel did not disclose the financial terms of the agreement. Munich Regional Court was one of the venues where the parties were litigating. The court’s 7th Civil Chamber under presiding judge Oliver Schön recently handed down judgment in Wilus vs Asus, in which it further clarified its approach to FRAND proceedings. In particular, the chamber announced it would in future take a closer look at the FRAND offer and examine whether it is FRAND-compliant. Wilus and Asus faced off not only at the Munich Regional Court, but also in the US and at Mannheim local division. The court was due to hear Wilus’s UPC claim on 24 and 25 June. An international Bird & Bird team represented Wilus in the UPC action at the local division Mannheim. The team was lead by Milan-based partner Giovanni Galimberti and German litigator Oliver Jüngst. They were supported by partner Edoardo Bàrbera, counsel Lucas Brons and associates Evelina Marchesoni and Niklas Kabel. Hosea Haag, founding partner of Ampersand, filed the lawsuits against Asus at Munich Regional Court. Patent attorneys from Eisenführ Speiser were responsible for the technical arguments in both trials. The latter firm probably has