Report: Paice drags Hyundai, Kia into long-running hybrid patent fight with Toyota
With all the news coming out recently about the over the , readers may have forgotten the name behind a long-running legal issue over Toyota’s hybrid system: . The latest development is that Paice and the Abell Foundation (an investor in Paice) have sued and over the gas-electric technology used in the and hybrids (pictured), which shares some parts with Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive. Read up on the details of Alex Severinsky’s story .
According to Automotive News, Paice claims that Hyundai and Kia should have known that was dealing with legal issues – especially since Paice has been contacting Hyundai about the issue – and says that the Korean automakers are infringing upon three patents that Paice owns. Toyota and Paice settled their case in 2010 after eight years, during which time the Toyota’s request to dismiss the case. Toyota eventually paid royalties to Paice for the , Hybrid and models it sold.
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