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Toyota's long hybrid patent fight with Paice continues in court

Toyota's legal battle to over making and selling the Hybrid Synergy Drive has a long history. Toyota has fought with both Solomon Technologies and Paice LLC over the gasoline-electric technology. In 2008, Toyota was ordered to pay Paice LLC $4.3 million for patent infringement, based on a cost of $25 per infringing car (defined at the second-gen Prius, the Toyota Highlander hybrid and the Lexus RX400H). But that didn't end the problem. Instead, this past September, Paice issued a new suit trying to get U.S. Customs to stop all of Toyota's ... Read more →

Tesla lawsuit, first read: learning more about the fight between Martin Eberhard and Elon Musk Sebastian Blanco

There are 146 pages in the complaint filed by Tesla Motors co-founder Martin Eberhard against the company and current CEO Elon Musk (download the PDF here and read more background on the story ...

BREAKING: Martin Eberhard sues Elon Musk and Tesla for libel, slander and breach of contract Sam Abuelsamid

The only thing surprising about Martin Eberhard's latest move is that it took so long to happen. Eberhard was co-founder of Tesla Motors along with Mark Tarpenning, and he was ousted from the company ...

Group sues Obama administration over weak MPG standards Sebastian Blanco

When the next step in the road to 35 mpg by 2020 CAFE standards was announced recently, those in the know made clear that the Obama administration upcoming goal of 27.3 mpg by 2011 would not be hard ...

Fisker wins abritration case with Tesla Sebastian Blanco

This past April, the troubles between Henrik Fisker (of Fisker Automotive) and Tesla Motors resulted in a lawsuit. Tesla filed the suit against Fisker Automotive accusing Fisker of stealing insider ...

Tesla's lawsuit against Fisker goes to arbitration 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Back in April, Tesla filed a lawsuit against Fisker Automotive for allegedly stealing insider information having to do with the production of an electric vehicle. You may recall that Henrik Fisker was hired to style the Tesla Whitestar sedan, though his designs were ultimately rejected. About a ...

Solomon Tech's appeal in Toyota hybrid patent case denied 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As we recently wrote, Toyota has been ordered to pay the very hefty sum of $4.3 million to Paice LLC for patent infringement related to its Hybrid Synergy Drive. At that time, we mentioned that Solomon Technologies had also sued Toyota regarding its hybrid vehicle technology and was appealing a ...

Toyota loses hybrid patent appeal case 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota finally seems to be out of options now that the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a lower court's ruling to stand which will award Paice LLC roughly $4.3 million in an hybrid technology lawsuit. That amount works out to $25 for every vehicle that Toyota has sold which uses the Hybrid Synergy ...

Lawsuit filed in hybrid bus hullabaloo 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The 2004 decision by the city of Elk Grove to purchase refurbished buses with gasoline/electric hybrid drivetrains from ISE and Complete Coach Works sure hasn't panned out as well as had been hoped. With the noble intention of being the first U.S. city with an all-hybrid bus fleet, Elk Grove ...

Hot gas class-action lawsuit is still on 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

This is not the first time that the topic of hot gas has appeared on our pages, and it;s not likely to be the last either. The problem, depending on who's side your own, is that gas expands as it increases in temperature. In summer months, it is possible that consumers are getting less gas in their ...

London Mayor to Porsche: butt out of England's elections, make cleaner cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The war of words between the Mayor of London and Porsche is heating up. Thanks to Mayor Ken Livingstone (the guy in the black Prius), London's congestion charge will be increased, a move that sparked the threat of a lawsuit and even the creation of a website by automaker Porsche. At a news ...

California files suit against EPA to overturn greenhouse gas waiver decision 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Just two weeks after the EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson turned down California's request for a waiver allowing the state to regulate greenhouse gases, things are moving to court. California has followed trough on their promise to take the EPA to court by filing suit in the 9th Circuit Court of ...

Carmakers' lawsuit thrown out, judge rules California can regulate tailpipe emissions 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Big legal news out of California today. A federal judge has just ruled that the State of California does have the right to regulate vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions. This decision goes against the automakers' wishes. They prefer that the federal government set national standards. Naturally, it is ...

State of California sues EPA over tailpipe emissions 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The State of California sued the EPA over failing to act on a tailpipe emissions waiver request. Fourteen other states will join California in the suit as interveners including Massachusetts, New York, Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, ...

Toyota loses appeal in hybrid drive train patent case 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Paice LLC sued Toyota in 2004 over three patents Paice said Toyota infringed with their hybrid drive train. The court ruled, in a jury verdict at a Texas court known for patent cases, that Toyota did infringe on one of the three patents and Toyota had to pay $25 per infringing car (Prius II, Toyota ...

Hybrid Civic driver averages 32 mpg, files class action lawsuit against Honda 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

John True, professional jazz piano player from California, has filed a class action lawsuit against American Honda Motor Co. for misleading mileage claims of the Honda Civic Hybrid. The question that this suit seems to revolve around is whether or not Honda misled consumers with inflated mileage ...

Automakers get to sue to stop state CO2 regulation 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Regarding the lawsuit by car makers to try and stop states from individually regulating carbon dioxide emissions, U.S. District Court Judge William Sessions has ruled that a trial can start next Tuesday to stop the CO2 regulations that have been enacted in California from being enforced. Ten other ...

Manufacturers Respond to California Lawsuit 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The National Association of Manufacturers has posted a couple of responses to the lawsuit filed by California attorney general Bill Lockyer yesterday, and they are not happy. They are accusing Lockyer of grandstanding and trying to bypass legislation by litigating. The association issued a press ...


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