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Philips DVD Standard Essential Patent Damages Reversed After 17 Years

digital illustration showing a DVD disc on the left fragmenting and dissolving into a green printed circuit board chip on the right, with bold red and gold forensic-style stamps reading "PROOF" and "EVIDENCE" superimposed across the transition. The dark navy background features faint circuit-line patterns. A text panel on the right reads "Philips DVD Patent Damages reversed after 17 Years." Featured image for article: Philips DVD Standard Essential Patent Damages Reversed After 17 Years

In suits filed as far back as 2009, Koninklijke Philips claimed its DVD decoding patent was a standard essential patent infringed by two Delhi-based manufacturers. The Single Judge awarded substantial royalty-based damages. On appeal in 2026, the Division Bench reversed entirely, finding Philips had not proven essentiality, infringement, or a FRAND royalty rate.

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