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REPORT: Toyota Prius imports under threat from U.S. patent trade case?

With every new vehicle introduced by Toyota that is powered by the automaker's proprietary Hybrid Synergy Drive comes a matching complaint filed by Paice LLC for patent infringement. In the latest case, Paice has filed a grievance with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington alleging that Toyota is violating a patent it holds for powertrains that feature both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor – better known as hybrids. This isn't the first time these two companies have grappled over hybrid ... Read more →

Toyota loses hybrid patent appeal case Jeremy Korzeniewski

REPORT: Toyota Prius imports under threat from U.S. patent trade case? 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

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