Bangalore-based TVS Motor Co has filed a Rs 250-crore (Rs 2.5-billion) defamation suit against Bajaj Auto Ltd in the Bombay high court, against the latter's allegation of patent infringement.
"We have gone ahead with a Rs 250-crore suit in the Bombay high court and have nothing more to say at this point of time. The suit was filed last week," a TVS spokesperson told PTI.
Earlier, BAL alleged that TVS had copied its patented DTS-i (Digital Twin Spark plug ignition) technology in the 125 cc TVS Flame, slated to be launched in December this year.
TVS Flame is fitted with the CCVTi technology (acronym for Controlled Combustion Variable Timing Intelligent) which Bajaj alleges is an infringement of its patent on DTS-i. The south India-based
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