M&A, IP, Patents The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said it will approve the Vodafone UK and Three merger if the two legally commit to spending £11 billion on network upgrades over the next eight years and impose a three-year price freeze on certain tariffs. These measures would provide “a path to final clearance,” the CMA said. Financials Meta’s Q3 earnings beat analysts’ expectations with net profit up 35% to $15.7 billion, driven by revenue growth of 19% and lower taxes. Though shares fell over 3% on the earnings news, possibly on the news that daily active users across Meta apps missed expectation by growing 5% to 3.29 billion, just short of the expected 3.31 billion. Capital expenditures…