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A legal battle between India's Bajaj Auto and the Italian scooter manufacturer LML has finally reached an end. The court case was started over 7 years ago and the judges have finally reached a verdict, with Bajaj being the winner.
The case started after Bajaj has been granted a patent for a two-stroke intake system which reduced emissions and at the same time provided better fuel efficiency.
LML claimed that the patented technology was not new, and was instead a minor derivative from existing similar technologies, and it only meant a minute improvement over them.
In the end, the courts of law took 7 long years to shed some light in the matter, and still LML said they will still appeal the ruling at a higher court. What if all the money both manufacturers spent with trials would have gone into research...
LML claimed that the patented technology was not new, and was instead a minor derivative from existing similar technologies, and it only meant a minute improvement over them.
In the end, the courts of law took 7 long years to shed some light in the matter, and still LML said they will still appeal the ruling at a higher court. What if all the money both manufacturers spent with trials would have gone into research...
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