{"id":582729,"date":"2010-05-28T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/28\/report-toyota-loses-bid-to-dismiss-hybrid-patent-infringements\/"},"modified":"2010-05-28T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T15:00:00","slug":"report-toyota-loses-bid-to-dismiss-hybrid-patent-infringements-from-paice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/582729","title":{"rendered":"Report: Toyota loses bid to dismiss hybrid patent infringements from Paice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/hybrids\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hybrid<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/government-legal\/\" rel=\"tag\">Government\/Legal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/tech\/\" rel=\"tag\">Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/toyota\/\" rel=\"tag\">Toyota<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/toyota\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" class=\"right border\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/toyota-250-1275051662.jpg\" \/><\/a>Things aren&#8217;t looking good for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/toyota\/\">Toyota<\/a> in a legal battle over whether or not the Japanese automaker has infringed on a Florida-based company&#8217;s hybrid drivetrain patents. A U.S. International Trade Commission judge recently ruled to deny Toyota&#8217;s request to end the lawsuit brought by Paice LLC. Toyota&#8217;s initial argument was that the plaintiff&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/06\/04\/ford-fusion-hybrid-the-most-patented-car-in-history\/\">patent<\/a> was invalid, but so far, the courts have sided with the smaller of the two companies time and time again. Earlier in the legal battle, a judge ruled that Toyota must pay Paice LLC a royalty for every <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/prius\">Prius<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/highlander\">Highlander<\/a> Hybrid and Lexus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/rx\">RX400h<\/a> model sold. Paice originally wanted Toyota to halt sales of those vehicles entirely.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Toyota has begun the process of arguing against the royalty amount per vehicle, while Paice has filed a new complaint over the technology present in the third-generation Prius, Hybrid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/camry\">Camry<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/rx\">Lexus RX450h<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/hs250h\">HS250h<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Paice&#8217;s base complaint is over how the manufacturer is supplying torque from both the electric motor and the internal combustion engine to the drive wheels on those vehicles at the same time. The company has also gone after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/ford\/\">Ford<\/a> for the design of its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/08\/19\/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-what-a-difference-60-degrees-m\/\">Fusion Hybrid<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/escape\">Escape Hybrid <\/a>models.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2010-05-27\/toyota-loses-bid-to-end-paice-dispute-over-hybrids-update1-.html\">Bloomberg<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/28\/report-toyota-loses-bid-to-dismiss-hybrid-patent-infringements\/\">Report: Toyota loses bid to dismiss hybrid patent infringements from Paice<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 28 May 2010 10:00:00 EST.  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A U.S. International Trade Commission judge recently ruled to deny Toyota&#8217;s request to end the lawsuit brought by Paice LLC. 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