Toyota loses patent appeal for technology in Prius

[1G6]

Glorious.

[Wolfman01]

Originally Posted by ronald mcretard

yeah, but it looks like they would still have to pay the $4.3M for the previous infringement. they would only be saving the $25 per car on future cars, so it probably wouldn't be worth it, unless they were planning on a redesign anyway.

Not necessarily. Technology used in current hybrid cars will see life in fuel cell and full electric vehicles. Designing hybrid cars goes along way to spread out R&D on the systems, improve battery capacity in an incrimental (and likewise economical) maner, and smooth out the changeover for the public.

[EldoFan]

Lazy schmucks.....

[blank disk]

Japanese excell at copying.
They have no creativity skills at all.
Look at their designs. Total form following function.

[Mr. Burns]

Originally Posted by ronald mcretard

by the way, I'm in love with the fact that a huge Japanese company had to copy technology from a small American company to get the best solution. just proves that American ingenuity is still alive and kicking.

haha so true!

[FenwickHockey65]

I read somewhere that the first toyota vehicles ever produced were reverse engineered Chevys and Fords.
Looks like toyota's just up to the same old game.

[AMERICA 123]

Originally Posted by 1G6

Glorious.

Yes, and just the tip of the iceberg really.

Is there really anything in HSD that Toyota didn't steal when possible and pay for when that wasn't an option ?

[ChevroletRevived]

Nice! The company deserves to get paid for it's technology; and get paid it will, $25 per vehicle? That's pretty awesome.

[AMERICA 123]

Originally Posted by ChevroletRevived

Nice! The company deserves to get paid for it's technology; and get paid it will, $25 per vehicle? That's pretty awesome.

Counting all three Toyota hybrid types/groups ............ if applicable............worldwide ...................dang !

[big swede]

It's a small price to pay for an item that might have made it possible to get the Prius in production as fast as they did. Look what the Prius has done for Toyota's green image. Priceless. They should have to pay for every car that uses it period. It shouldn't matter where the car is being driven. I think they are getting off cheap.

[AMERICA 123]

Pass it on - INCOMING !!

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Seattle engineer sues Toyota on hybrid system
Seattle engineer Conrad Gardner has sued Toyota Motor Corp., alleging that the giant Japanese auto manufacturer infringed on a patent for hybrid technology that is now used in the Prius, Camry and Highlander.
A 75-year-old inventor and former patent attorney at Boeing, Gardner argues that the hybrid vehicles produced by Toyota could not operate without his invention. U.S. Patent 7,290,627 -- dubbed "Extended range motor vehicle having ambient pollutant processing" -- is a computer control system that shifts power to the internal combustion engine or electric motor. (Full complaint here.)


"I just want them to respect the patents of others," said Gardner when asked what he hoped to gain from the lawsuit. "I am trying to teach them a lesson, you might say. That a small fellow, an independent inventor, is going to stand up for his rights. That's all."

A former examiner in the U.S. Patent Office, Gardner said sometimes you have to sue a large corporation in order to get its attention.

This one (and a few others that should've) ......... makes you wonder...........is this part of why ........people are leaving ........??????

[ronald mcretard]

Originally Posted by ChevroletRevived

Nice! The company deserves to get paid for it's technology; and get paid it will, $25 per vehicle? That's pretty awesome.

I wonder how they came up with $25 per vehicle anyway... is it just the cost of the particular part in question?

[cadsrbest]

It is easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission...now pay up!

[Rocket 88]

Ha Ha!
Too bad the public won't hear much about it, but I'm going to make it a point to tell eveyone I know.

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by Rocket 88

Ha Ha!
Too bad the public won't hear much about it, but I'm going to make it a point to tell eveyone I know.

I'm already spreading the word to everyone I talk to...