Bajaj, TVS Motor Decide To Amicably Settle Decade-Old Patent Dispute

Two of India's largest exporters of two-wheelers - Bajaj Auto Limited and TVS Motor Company - have decided to amicably settle a decade-old acrimonious dispute related to a patent infringement case. In two separate regulatory filings, the two companies revealed that they have entered into a settlement on October 31, 2019 which would see both companies withdrawing all related pending cases. The settlement includes a defamation suit against Bajaj Auto filed by TVS Motor Company and other related proceedings filed against each other, which were pending before the Madras High Court, Bombay High Court, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board, Chennai and courts in Sri Lanka and Mexico.

According to the settlement, neither company has to pay any compensation or penalty to the other as part of the agreement.

"Both, TVS Motor and Bajaj Auto have mutually agreed to withdraw the Pending Proceedings and release each other from all liabilities, claims, demands and actions in respect of the pending proceedings. None of them are required to pay any compensation or penalty to the other as part of the said settlement," the statement said.

The dispute first began in 2007 when TVS Motor Company unveiled its new motorcycle, the 125 cc TVS Flame. Bajaj Auto had then accused TVS of infringing on the company's patented DTS-i (digital twin spark ignition) technology on the bike. TVS argued that the Flame was fitted with a three-valve engine based on what it called CCVT-i (Controlled Combustion Variable Timing Intelligent) technology, which was different from the technology used by Bajaj Auto. According to Bajaj's allegations, TVS' CCVT-i technology was a copy of the DTS-i system, first introduced in Bajaj Auto's popular Pulsar range of motorcycles. TVS had then filed a Rs. 250 crore defamation suit against Bajaj Auto.

The TVS Flame was the precursor to the 125 cc TVS Phoenix. After the dispute with Bajaj Auto, TVS had launched the Flame with a single spark plug, which made around 10.5 bhp at 7,500 rpm and 10 Nm at 6,000 rpm. The single spark plug Flame was eventually discontinued, and TVS replaced it with a higher-revving twin-spark model in 2009, which made 10.5 bhp at 8,250 rpm and 10.4 Nm at 6,250 rpm. The 125 cc Flame was eventually discontinued in 2009, when TVS launched its successor, the Phoenix.



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