Toyota challenged again, at least legally, on hybrid technology

Published Oct. 6, 2009 at 6:06 p.m.
Built with the patents of others?

For years now Toyota's relative success with hybrid cars has been met with little challenge from other automakers. Toyota is simply the king of hybrids.

However, the hybrid king has been challenged a number of times in court over the years for violating patents used in elements of the Hybrid Synergy Drive.

Today, US trade officials announced they will open an investigation into whether Toyota violated patents owned by Paice LLC.

According to an AP article Toyota has responded that it "has many patents on the hybrid technology and believes that it has strong defenses against all of Paice's claims and that it will prevail in the ITC proceeding."


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