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Philips loses 21-yr patent battle as Indian court rules no infringement of SEP

By Freny Patel ( October 15, 2025, 00:20 GMT | Insight) -- Philips has lost a 21-year patent battle after an Indian court ruled its claim mapping was flawed. The Delhi High Court declared that there was no infringement and held that the Dutch multinational's MPEG-1 VCD patent was neither essential nor a standard-essential patent.In a landmark verdict following over two decades of intense litigation, India has handed down probably its first judicial declaration of non-infringement of a standard-essential patent, or SEP. ...

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