The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) declared all claims of two patents owned by Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) invalid. The two patents, CN108124162B and CN108174219, are related to patents designated as essential in HEVC Advance Patent Pool and in SISVEL's AV1 and VP9 pools.
Unified was represented by Hank Shen and Yu Yan of Weichixue Law Firm, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ashraf Fawzy.