In a setback to Dutch electronics giant Philips , the Delhi High Court has dismissed a 21-year-old patent infringement case it had filed against a Delhi-based company over the replication and sale of Video Compact Discs (VCDs).

The Court, in its ruling on October 13, said Philips failed to demonstrate that its patented “Digital Transmission System” had been used by the defendants, observing that the company’s evidence was “fundamentally flawed.”

The suit, filed in 2004, had accused BCI Optical Disc Ltd and a local retail outlet of violating Philips’ patent rights by manufacturing and selling VCDs using technology allegedly covered under its patent.

A 21-year legal marathon ends in defeat

Justice Mini Pushkarna, who delivered the verdict, found that the process Philips used to compare

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