The lis

1. By judgment dated 20 February 2025, a learned Single Judge of this Court disposed of CS (Comm) 423/2016¹, CS (Comm) 499/2018² and CS (Comm) 519/2018³.

2. The aforesaid suits were instituted by Koninklijke Philips N.V.⁴ against the appellants in the present appeals, alleging that the appellants had infringed Indian Patent IN 218255⁵, of which Philips was the proprietor, pertaining to a “Method of Converting Information Words to a Modulated Signal”. The suits therefore, sought decrees of permanent injunction, restraining the appellants from infringing the suit patent and also claimed damages and costs.

3. During the currency of the suits, the suit patent expired by efflux of time. The prayers for injunction, therefore, were rendered infructuous.

4. The impugned judgment, therefore, decrees the suits only to the extent of damages and costs. Damages of ₹ 6,22,50,000/-, along with interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of filing of the suit till the date of payment of the damages awarded, and additional damages of ₹ 1,00,00,000/- have been awarded against the appellants in RFA (OS) (Comm) 8/2025, damages of ₹ 1,61,85,000/- along with interest at the rate of 12% p