TVS Motor may go for legal action against Bajaj Auto

New Delhi, Sept 2 (UNI) Ruling out the Bajaj Motor's allegations of intellectual property rights infringement on technology, TVS Motor Company today came down heavily, saying it would resort to legal action for the damages which cost Rs 250 crore, unless the allegations are withdrawn.

TVS has advised its lawyers to send notices to Bajaj Auto Ltd to withdraw the malicious allegations and express regrets. However, if the demands are not met, TVS will file a suit for damages in a sum of Rs 250 crore, company said in a statement.

That allegation of Bajaj Auto is ridiculous can be established by their own admission that the invention in issue namely, the application of twins spark plug is a known technology extensively in use all over the world for several decades and therefore, in patent law, it is a known prior art, it said.

The patent that Bajaj claims is not for the use of twin spark plug technology per se but for the use of the two spark plug in a two valve IC engine with a detachably fixed sleeve, TVS Motor said.

Against this patent, an application for revocation has already been filed based on settled case law on the subject, it added.

In any event, the use of Twin Spark Plug technology by TVS Motor does not infringe the above patent against which revocation proceedings are initiated, the company said.

Earlier, Bajaj Auto had said it planned to sue Chennai-based TVS Motors for alleged infringement of intellectual property rights on technology that is used in most Bajaj bikes, claiming that TVS has used its digital twin spark ignition technology (DTSi) in recent TVS models including the 125 cc bike, Flame, that was launched earlier this week.

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