LG Energy Solution has agreed to look for battery-reuse storage business in the US with B2U Storage Solutions. B2U holds a US patent on stacking EV packs as whole packs, while in Korea the Used Battery Act, taking effect in May 2027, sets a different threshold.
CATL began cell trial production at its plant in Debrecen, Hungary, on September 22, 2026. Equipment installation ended in the spring, but trial production opened in the autumn after permitting. We look at what trial production validates and how process know-how and patents are protected and enforced in Hungary, which sits outside the UPC.
Korea’s 2026 ESS central contract market has introduced, for the first time, a 25-year contract in Jeju for facilities “capable of two charge-discharge cycles a day for 25 years.” That is 18,250 cycles by arithmetic. We compare the number with announced cycle lives and note that a patent on reviving capacity is already registered in Korea.
“ITC complaint,” “investigation launched,” “invalidation trial filed,” “KRW 2 trillion settlement.” Battery patent dispute news mixes procedures whose names sound alike but that fight over entirely different things.
In-line total CT is entering 46-series cylindrical production lines. How the bottleneck moved from decision algorithms to tact time and handling mechanisms — and why the claims followed.
Hyundai Motor has established a high-nickel cathode active material (CAM) partnership with Umicore. The stated goal is to secure a local sourcing base for compliance with the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA).
What separates LEO satellite batteries from ground cells is not energy density, but the impossibility of maintenance and the heat-rejection path. Using a requirements comparison table and the patent landscape around satellite power systems, this piece identifies what asset battery companies actually need to carry into space.
Overlaying the exhibition layout of the 5th Secondary Battery Materials, Components & Equipment Show (September 9–11, 2026) at KINTEX with three order/procurement announcements disclosed the same week reveals a signal: the center of gravity in equipment orders is shifting from capacity expansion toward safety, inspection, and back-end processes.
Against the backdrop of surging power demand from AI data centers and the third auction of Korea’s ESS central contract market, this piece compares the LFP ESS order race among LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, and SK On, and identifies FTO implications from a fire-safety patent perspective.
Sebang Lithium Battery has secured trillion-won-scale battery pack orders from Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution. This piece examines, from an IP strategist’s perspective, why the middle ground of pack design and assembly — neither cell maker nor automaker — is expanding.