Honda to sue China over canceled patent
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Honda to sue China over canceled patent
hmm.. am i reading this wrong, or is this is just a little suspicious? a chinese car company rips off the design of the CRV down to the last detail, and honda sues them, for it. now the chinese government has voided honda's patent/copyright over the CRV's design. no corruption here, folks 
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Honda to sue in China over canceled SUV patent
Reuters / March 22, 2006 - 10:00 am
SHANGHAI -- Japan's Honda Motor Co. said on Wednesday it plans to sue the Chinese property rights authority for terminating patent protection for its latest CR-V model in China.
China's State Intellectual Property Office decided to cancel the patent earlier this month after deciding the model was too similar to Honda's first CR-V launched in 1995, Honda said in a statement.
The authority granted Honda a Chinese patent in 2002 for the exterior design of the sport utility vehicle, which it has manufactured in China in a venture with Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. since 2004.
Honda has sold 2.4 million CR-Vs in over 160 countries worldwide since launching the model in 1995, it said.
Beijing has pledged to protect intellectual property rights, a thorny issue between China, the United States, and other countries that accuse Chinese firms of widely copying Western products -- sometimes from partners in joint venture projects.
Honda won a lawsuit in China in 2003 after a Beijing court denied a bid by the company to restore a motor scooter patent the Japanese firm lost in a dispute with Chinese rivals.
Reuters / March 22, 2006 - 10:00 am
SHANGHAI -- Japan's Honda Motor Co. said on Wednesday it plans to sue the Chinese property rights authority for terminating patent protection for its latest CR-V model in China.
China's State Intellectual Property Office decided to cancel the patent earlier this month after deciding the model was too similar to Honda's first CR-V launched in 1995, Honda said in a statement.
The authority granted Honda a Chinese patent in 2002 for the exterior design of the sport utility vehicle, which it has manufactured in China in a venture with Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. since 2004.
Honda has sold 2.4 million CR-Vs in over 160 countries worldwide since launching the model in 1995, it said.
Beijing has pledged to protect intellectual property rights, a thorny issue between China, the United States, and other countries that accuse Chinese firms of widely copying Western products -- sometimes from partners in joint venture projects.
Honda won a lawsuit in China in 2003 after a Beijing court denied a bid by the company to restore a motor scooter patent the Japanese firm lost in a dispute with Chinese rivals.
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Originally Posted by reechy
fuck china's auto industry.
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But if the Chinese government is in on this, there's not a whole lot the folks at Honda can do. At least other countries can not import the Chinese version.
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China's State Intellectual Property Office decided to cancel the patent earlier this month after deciding the model was too similar to Honda's first CR-V launched in 1995, Honda said in a statement.
:lmao: worst reasoning ever.
:lmao: worst reasoning ever.