Access Advance LLC is an independent licensing administrator company formed to lead the development, administration, and management of patent pools for licensing essential patents of the most important video codec technologies. Access Advance provides a transparent and efficient licensing mechanism for both patent owners and patent implementers.

Access Advance manages and administers the HEVC Advance Patent Pool for licensing over 29,000 patents essential to HEVC/H.265 technology and the VVC Advance Patent Pool for licensing over 4,500 patents essential to VVC/H.266 technology. The company's Multi-Codec Bridging Agreement provides eligible licensees with a single discounted royalty rate structure for licensees participating in both the HEVC Advance and VVC Advance pools. In addition, Access Advance offers the Video Distribution Patent Pool, a comprehensive licensing solution for video streaming services covering HEVC, VVC, VP9, and AV1 codecs. Access Advance has also acquired the administrator of Via LA’s HEVC/VVC patent pool, now named the VCL Advance (Video Codec Licensing) program.

AnJie Broad Law Firm is a full-service law firm providing commercial legal services on an international basis. Our highly experienced lawyers have substantive skills and serve a broad base of practice areas including insurance & reinsurance, intellectual property, antitrust & competition, private equity, dispute resolution, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, banking & finance, energy and natural resources and real estate.

AnJie Broad was established by a group of practitioners with exceptionally broad experience and great team-working aptitude. Our firm is truly integrated and committed to offering clients the highest quality service through our legal excellence, effective quality control, and sharing of resources. We are deeply passionate about sustaining a uniform standard of legal service and implementing a sound client service system. We offer clients effective, efficient and tailored solutions.

AnJie Broad encourages everyone including partners, consultants and other professionals in our diverse environment to fully develop their professional skills and interests in each of the firm’s practice areas, while stressing cooperation throughout. We help clients achieve their best results by offering resourceful and practical solutions. We make meaningful contributions by taking on different roles on a cooperative basis and sharing management duties.

At Daniel Law, commitment to clients is the cornerstone of everything that the firm does, especially when it comes to helping protect a client’s most powerful business tool – intellectual property.

Since 1959, Daniel has built relationships based on strong ethical values, legal expertise and the insight needed to anticipate and act proactively on opportunities for its clients. Recognized as one of the best IP law firms in Brazil and awarded Most Innovative Program for Employee Mental Health and Well-being by Chambers and Partners, Daniel is an exciting, forward-thinking organization that understands how innovation and creativity influence business.

Dolby Laboratories advances the science of sight and sound to create and enable spectacular experiences. Through breakthrough research in science and engineering, Dolby transforms sights and sounds into spectacular experiences.

They bring their innovations to people through collaborative partnerships that include artists, businesses and consumers worldwide. With their partners they deliver vivid experiences in the cinema, at home and on the go – experiences so lifelike that people feel as if they have been transported into a cinematic story or a pulsing sphere of music, a distant conference room or an action-packed game.

In both entertainment and communications, through audio and imaging, they give everyone the power to see, hear and feel the spectacular.

Ericsson’s high-performing and programmable networks provide connectivity for billions of people every day. For 150 years, we have been pioneers in creating technology for communication. Ericsson is a leading contributor to 3GPP and to the development of global technology standards for the benefit of consumers and enterprises everywhere. The value of Ericsson’s patent portfolio of more than 60,000 granted patents is strengthened by our annual investments of more than SEK 50 b in R&D.

Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. Huawei has 207,000 employees and operates in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world.

Huawei's mission is to bring digital to every person, home and organisation for a fully connected, intelligent world. To this end, Huawei will drive ubiquitous connectivity and promote equal access to networks to lay the foundation for the intelligent world; provide diversified computing power to deliver ubiquitous cloud and intelligence; build powerful digital platforms to help all industries and organizations become more agile, efficient, and dynamic; redefine user experience with AI, offering consumers a more personalized and intelligent experience across all scenarios, including home, travel, office, entertainment, and fitness & health

Intralink is an international business development and innovation consultancy with a deep specialism in IP commercialisation across East Asia. We enable western firms to expand in China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, and we help Asian companies to collaborate with western innovators.

With 100 employees, a 30-year track record and offices in mainland China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan – as well as across North America, Europe and the Middle East – we make companies’ international expansion fast, easy and cost effective.

We’re different from most consultancies as we don’t just develop market-entry strategies, we play a hands-on role in building our clients’ businesses.

We help IP tools and service providers to sell in East Asia, and Asian companies to acquire cutting-edge technologies and licences from the west.

We also help international companies to monetise their IP in Asia, based on in-depth knowledge of patents and licensing and a network extending across the senior IP ranks of the region’s major corporations.

We manage licensing programmes for companies with high-value IP assets, with particular experience in the electronics, telecoms, IoT, automotive and pharmaceutical sectors. And we’ve negotiated tech transfers, patent transactions and fully paid-up licences for our clients in more than $100 million-worth of deals with corporations including NTT, Hitachi, NEC, TCL and Huawei.

At King & Wood, we work with industry-makers, nation-builders and market-disrupters to drive growth and power innovation. Whether creating market firsts, designing new legal frameworks or building new approaches to old problems, we apply our collective intelligence to solve complex challenges and help our clients move their businesses forward. But what truly defines us is where we stand. We are both a Chinese firm and an international firm-deeply rooted in China while fully engaged with the global market. Our lawyers operate comfortably across legal systems, business cultures and regulatory environments, helping clients navigate the realities of cross-border investment, disputes and expansion.

Founded in 1993, King & Wood was among the first private partnership law firms to establish in China’s modern legal market. As China’s economy opened and globalised, we grew alongside our clients — supporting multinational companies investing in China while helping Chinese enterprises expand beyond its borders. Over three decades, we have played a role in many of the transactions, investments and disputes that have shaped China’s commercial landscape and its engagement with the global economy.
Today, our presence spans China's major commercial centres, including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong SAR and other major cities. They are supported by offices in key international centres including New York, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Tokyo and Vancouver, covering Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Our team of more than 520 partners and over 1,700 professionals combines local insight with international experience. A strong team of partners and professionals combines local insight and international experience. Our lawyers are qualified across multiple jurisdictions and work in several languages, enabling us to support clients operating across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.

LeanWill Law Firm ("LeanWill") is a distinguished expert in intellectual property ("IP"). Committed to delivering visionary and practical solutions, we aim to provide timely and effective enforcement measures, maximize the value of intangible assets while effectively managing IP-related risks for our clients.

LeanWill has both patent and trademark agency licenses granted by China National Intellectual Property Administration. We offer a wide spectrum of comprehensive IP legal services. Our expertise encompasses regular consultations, strategic planning, prosecution/registration, enforcement, transaction, and related compliance and risk management.

LeanWill’s team brings extensive experience in delivering tailored services to global leading enterprises across diverse industries and adeptly navigating intricate legal and compliance challenges. Several cases represented by the team have been recognized as representative cases by the Supreme People‘s Court of China and various lower courts. In addition, many team members have received recognitions from leading legal ranking organizations such as Chambers and Partners, Asian Legal Business (ALB), Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), World Trademark Review (WTR) and Legal 500, etc. LeanWill has also been named “Notable Firm in 2025 ALB China IP Rankings” and “2026 ALB China Firms to Watch”.

Beyond legal prowess, LeanWill actively engages in discussions of legislation, judicial practice and industry development, advocates for the rule of law, and commits to inclusivity, diversity, and sustainable growth.

Licks Attorneys is a top-tier 300 people Brazilian firm, recognized for successfully handling large and strategic high-tech litigation, policy making, regulatory, counselling and prosecution projects in the country.

The firm´s experience on ICT SEPs go back to the 20th century, litigating invalidity, and adjudication of SEPs covering CCITT´s switching and signaling (over R2/MFC and System 7), deployments of ISDN in Brazil, and the monetization of Philips and Sony´s “Orange Book” standards on recordable compact disc (CD-R) and rewriteable compact disc (CD-RW). The firm successfully litigated the largest SEP case to reach Brazilian courts to this date, over the Calling Line Identification Presentation (CLIP) function, known as “caller-ID”.

Today, Licks Attorneys´ ICT practice group is the leading and most experienced in Brazil, representing SEP owners with a 93% success rate on about 20 preliminary injunctions against hold-out by unwilling licensees. Since 2011, the firm has successfully worked against every single IP anti-suit injunction targeting Brazil.

Licks Attorneys is the SEP go-to firm in Brazil, the only one with a proven track of success - spanning over several decades - implementing a pro patent agenda and the enforcement of SEP in the country.

Established in 1993 as the first private patent agency authorised to handle foreign-related patent matters in China, Liu, Shen & Associates has now become one of the largest intellectual property law firms in China. Liu, Shen & Associates provides high-quality services of patent and trademark prosecution and full-range IP-related legal services such as patent invalidation, patent infringement/administrative litigation, trademark infringement/administrative litigation, covering the technical fields of mechanics, electronics, telecommunications, chemistry and biomedicine. As one of the pioneer IP-dedicated law firms in China, Liu Shen has already filed over 100k patent and trademark applications, with the grant rate above the average level. In IP litigation field, Liu Shen has experiences of large quantity of technical cases about patent infringement, trademark infringement, and patent and trademark right administrative cases, trying the best to protect interests of clients. The firm currently has 475 staff, including 90 attorney at law, 228 patent attorneys, 64 double-qualified attorneys and 13 trademark attorneys.

Nokia creates the technology to connect the world. They develop and deliver the industry’s only end-to-end portfolio of network equipment, software, services and licensing that is available globally. Their customers include communications service providers whose combined networks support 6.1 billion subscriptions, as well as enterprises in the private and public sectors that use our network portfolio to increase productivity and enrich lives.

Their valuable IP portfolio spans more than 20,000 patent families, built from more than €126 billion invested in research and development over the past two decades. With active licensing programmes, including for mobile phone, automotive and consumer electronics markets, they have more than 100 licensees.

PurpleVine IP Group, incorporated in Shenzhen, China, is a China-based, global-facing premier IP service provider, dedicated to building a bridge for international innovation collaboration and IP value realization. We provide one-stop, full-service patent solutions to our clients, covering global patent prosecution, IP analysis & consulting, IP investment, IP transaction, licensing, enforcement and dispute resolution.

PurpleVine now delivers professional services through more than 450 team members, located in 10 offices worldwide. Our professional team, all from industry-leading technology companies and top-notch international firms, have unrivalled industry insight and expertise. As an internationally integrated IP service provider with a solid footing in both law and technology, PurpleVine offers a wide selection of professional, innovative and practical solutions to effectively meet our clients’ every need.

PurpleVine's business presence is spread across major intellectual property centers in the Greater China region, including Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Chengdu, Suzhou, Nanjing, and Hong Kong, as well as globally active IP hubs such as the United States, Switzerland, and Japan. For more information, please click Locations.

PurpleVine IP Group is named after the wisteria plant, a vine that produces fragrant, purple flowers. Its strong, deep roots support the vine's prolific growth and allow it to endure even the most extreme weather. Like the plant, our firm's strong roots, have nourished our rapid expansion into the global IP ecosystem.

Qualcomm relentlessly innovates to deliver intelligent computing everywhere, helping the world tackle some of its most important challenges. Their proven solutions drive transformation across major industries, and their Snapdragon® branded platforms power extraordinary consumer experiences. Building on their nearly 40-year leadership in setting industry standards and creating era-defining technology breakthroughs, they deliver leading edge AI, high-performance, low-power computing, and unrivalled connectivity. Together with their ecosystem partners, they enable next-generation digital transformation to enrich lives, improve businesses, and advance societies. At Qualcomm, they are engineering human progress.

Qualcomm Incorporated includes their licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of their patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of their engineering and research and development functions and substantially all of their products and services businesses, including their QCT semiconductor business. Snapdragon and Qualcomm branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Qualcomm patented technologies are licensed by Qualcomm Incorporated.

RNA Law is an elite Brazilian boutique firm dedicated to intellectual property and backed by 20+ years of expertise in supporting North American, European, and Asian companies in Brazil. Since their inception, they have dedicated their efforts to assisting both large industrial groups and a diverse array of SMEs from across the globe. Their commitment is to ensure the effective protection and management of intellectual property assets, empowering clients to fully exercise their rights.

Sisvel is a world leader in fostering innovation and managing IP. The group identifies, evaluates and maximises the value of IP assets for its partners around the world, providing firms with a revenue stream which can be reinvested in innovation for the generation of future revenues. Sisvel has more than 35 years’ experience in the management of successful patent portfolios, including those relating to audio compression standards (MP3 and MPEG audio), as well as broadcasting and digital terrestrial television standards maintained by the Digital Video Broadcasting Project. Sisvel operates patent pools and joint licensing programmes in the fields of mobile communication, wireless local area networking 802.11, digital video broadcasting, recommendation engines and broadband access to data networks.

SITAO IP is a pioneering service provider in the field of IP monetisation, delivering comprehensive IP solutions in China with a particular focus on patent monetisation. The firm provides top-notch service from technical, legal, and business perspectives as required for successful licensing, transaction, and litigation. SITAO’s team of seasoned professionals excels in handling patent disputes, FRAND/SEP negotiations, and patent monetisation programs involving advanced technologies. With extensive experience and a proven track record, SITAO is dedicated to maximizing the value of clients’ patent assets. At SITAO, they firmly believe that great innovation should be respected and rewarded. It’s SITAO’s mission to help clients “Attaining True Value of Great IP".

Trilegal is a leading full-service law firm in India with over 25 years of experience, trusted for its in-depth expertise and client-centric approach. The firm advises a diverse set of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, global investment funds, major Indian conglomerates, domestic and international banks, technology and media giants, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. With 157 partners operating under a distinctive lockstep model, Trilegal is the largest equity partnership in the country. The firm retains over 1,300 professionals across Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Gurugram, Mumbai and Pune offices.

Trilegal has consistently been recognized among India’s top-tier firms in leading legal directories such as Chambers & Partners (Asia Pacific and Global), Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and Benchmark Litigation. It has also earned several prestigious accolades, including being named Best Overall Law Firm by India Business Law Journal (IBLJ) 2025, Innovative Lawyers in Disputes & Crisis Management by the Financial Times (FT) Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific Awards in 2025, M&A Firm of the Year by IFLR Asia-Pacific in 2024 and Law Firm of the Year by Deal Volume at the VCCircle Awards in 2024.

Wanhuida Intellectual Property is a leading IP service provider in China. It has two main legal entities, Wanhuida IP Agency and Wanhuida Law Firm, and has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Suzhou, Ningbo and Kunming, covering all major IP hubs in China.

Wanhuida is now home for some 450 employees working exclusively in the field of intellectual property. We have some 100 IP lawyers specialised in IP litigation and enforcement work, 90 trademark attorneys, 70 patent attorneys and other professionals, including investigators and supporting staff. Many of them are recognised leaders in their respective fields. They have a wide range of experiences from private practice and, in-house counseling, to government services in courts, police departments and administrative agencies.