On July 16th, during a hearing at the Delhi High Court in India, Philips and Transsion announced that they had reached a settlement regarding two Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). Transsion had previously obtained licenses for the relevant SEPs.

In January 2024, Philips filed a lawsuit against Transsion at the Delhi High Court, accusing it of infringing multiple Standard Essential Patents related to Unified Speech and Audio Coding (USAC) and Advanced Audio Coding (AAC). In July 2024, Philips applied for an interim injunction, seeking asset-freezing and asset-disclosure orders against Transsion and its Indian subsidiaries. The hearing for this injunction application was held in October 2024. This settlement marks the third publicly known SEP licensing agreement that Transsion has reached with major patent holders this year. Earlier this year, Transsion had already concluded agreements with Nokia and Qualcomm.

This series of agreements demonstrates that patent litigation in India can drive settlements, often at an early stage. Other examples include the settlement between Qualcomm and Transsion, as well as the patent licensing agreement between Philips and vivo, which ended a five-year dispute over 3G and 4G SEPs between the two parties in India.