Toyota Loses Bid To Dismiss Second Hybrid Patent-Infringement Case

Toyota Motor Corp. lost its bid to dismiss a Florida company’s patent-infringement claim that may result in a ban on imports of the carmaker’s newest hybrid models including the Prius and Camry.

Theodore Essex, a judge with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington, denied Toyota’s request to end the case brought by Paice LLC. He also said Toyota can’t argue that the Paice patent is invalid because that issue was resolved in court. The judge’s May 21 findings are subject to review by the six-member commission.

The dispute is scheduled for a hearing starting July 19 and the two sides have been wrangling over what issues will be considered.

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Joe_Limon - 5/28/2010 1:09:13 PM

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this is gonna hurt their wallet

uaw_lax - 5/29/2010 12:23:20 AM

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"i'm not even sure what you said. i have a feeling you're wrong though."

LMAO!!!!!!!!!

uaw_lax - 5/29/2010 12:25:55 AM

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Sorry didnt mean to reply to you Joe

sstainba - 5/28/2010 2:57:56 PM

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i'm not even sure what you said. i have a feeling you're wrong though.

uaw_lax - 5/29/2010 12:25:22 AM

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i'm not even sure what you said. i have a feeling you're wrong though.

LMAO

truckman - 5/28/2010 6:24:43 PM

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Big companies are famous for stepping on the little guy and getting away with it, I am happy to hear that there is justice for once, I am perplexed on how this little company took down Toyota? The person that usually wins is who ever has the most $$ Is there a change in the legal system or does the Gov. want the little guy to beat the foreign auto company to help the big three?

uaw_lax - 5/29/2010 12:31:47 AM

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Helping the big 3 is not the case here. If they judge wanted to help the big 3 he would have halted all sales of the chip our made Toyota pay about $175 per vehical a more closer price of a chip.

acronis - 5/28/2010 11:15:27 PM

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Truckman it's all about the smoking gun and in this case the "little guy" company had them dead to rights. They could actually prove that Toyota had illegally acquired the specs to their microprocessor.

Poof. Case closed for Toyota. Anyway Toyota has deep pockets and the fine constitute a mere 15 seconds of revenue by still the biggest Auto Co in the world. Less than a blip on their financial radar.

Still, the legal fees must be a b*tch!

uaw_lax - 5/29/2010 12:27:06 AM

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A little blip here a little blip there.....

truckman - 5/29/2010 3:22:54 AM

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I must agree, but there is usually no justice unless you have a lot of $$ or you are really smart and know how to work the system your self, And most people are not that knowledgeable about the legal system, that is why the big corporations usually win because they have $$ and incredible lawyers that say black is white, there is usually no justice for the just.