The world has moved on to listening to music on Spotify, with audio visual media a few swipes and clicks away.

And yet, Dutch multinational Philips , known for pioneering audio systems such as the compact cassette player, has been fighting a case for nearly two decades in court — over patent infringement against a Delhi -based company that was manufacturing VCDs (video compact discs).

It lost the case.Philips

On Monday (October 13), the Delhi High Court put to rest the patent infringement claim by Koninklijke Philips N V — better known by their brand name of Philips — initially instituted in 2004 over its VCD systems and media.

Ruling against the consumer electronics giant, Justice Mini Pushkarna held that they failed to prove infringement over each of the components as well as the

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