Full-scale US-Europe Simultaneous IP War Begins
AR glasses leader XREAL filed a patent infringement lawsuit against competitor Viture in the US Eastern District of Texas (January 15, 2026), following Germany''s preliminary injunction against Viture products in late 2025. The core issue is US Patent No. 11,988,839 on lightweight AR glasses optical structure — filed by XREAL in 2018, registered May 2024 — covering high-quality display, field-of-view optimization, wearing convenience, and lightweight/optical precision balance. XREAL claims Viture''s Pro, Luma Pro, and Luma Ultra infringe multiple claims through structural, not isolated, infringement across their optical systems. The German court''s favorable ruling serves as useful precedent. XREAL frames this as protecting the innovation order of the entire consumer AR industry — not a single patent dispute. The XREAL-Viture dispute signals that the consumer AR market is moving from the "era of ideas" to the "era of rights and responsibilities."
