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Toyota Prius Under Fire For Patent Infringement

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the not-so-fast dept.

tekiegreg writes "According to Auto Service World, Toyota (and possibly other hybrid companies) are guilty of violating a patent with their Prius hybrid Systems. The patent in particular looks like it covers most of how the drive-train and even the braking system of a Toyota Prius functions. The implications of which are big if there is no deal or settlement made (such as ceasing of hybrid vehicles in the United States)."

4 of 504 comments (clear)

  1. good patent? by Stan+Vassilev · · Score: -1, Troll

    I've yet to see an example where a patent did good.

    Flash Player licensed that patented text rendering tech from Mitsubishi Labs, but it's weirdly colored and looks like a christmas tree so that doesn't count.

  2. Re:/tin hat by Elitist_Phoenix · · Score: -1, Troll

    And by "Oil Companies" we mean US DOD

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  3. Blah by NokX · · Score: 0, Troll

    if anything - sue 'em for making an ugly car. honestly, how come these new hybrid cars are so nasty?

  4. Re:Easy Solution. by cayenne8 · · Score: 0, Troll
    Man...you try driving around with that little amount of power, and you'll be dead in a day.

    You gotta have some power and acceleration.

    If you don't get run over...someone behind you will shoot you for taking 20 min to get up to the 70 mph speedlimit....

    Hell, it will probably be me!! I generally do between 80 -100 mph on the highway....(to keep with traffic flow)...you'd be the death of us all going that slow.

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