As it has done time and again in the past, the Delhi High Court
once again became the beacon of progress of Intellectual Property
jurisprudence in the country, when on July 12th, 2018 Justice Mukta
Gupta delivered (what is now to be believed) India's first ever
post-trial judgement in a Standard Essential Patent (SEP)
litigation.
Almost a year after the matter was reserved for orders by the
Hon'ble Delhi High Court (HC), Koninklijke Philips
Electronics N.V. (Philips) secured a major victory in the SEP
suits filed against two different entities, namely Rajesh Bansal
and Bhagirathi Electronics (the defendants). The HC delivered a
single judgement for the two suits filed by Philips, which surely
does come as a welcome relief for major players in the technology
standard industries (for example telecom, audiovisual, etc.)