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. Bajaj Auto makes and exports automobiles, scooters, motorcycles and auto rickshaws.
Bajaj Auto is the world's third-largest manufacturer of motorcycles and the second-largest in India. Bajaj Auto came into existence on 29 November 1945 as M/s Bachraj Trading Corporation Private Limited. . In 1959, it obtained a licence from the government of India to manufacture two- and three-wheelers and it went public in 1960.
The company set up a plant at Hosur in 1978 to manufacture mopeds as part of a new division.
Commercial production of motorcycles began in 1984.
patent
A government authority or licence conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.
Bajaj has claimed that TVS has used its digital twin spark ignition technology (DTSi) in recent TVS models including the recently launched 125 cc model Flame, that was rolled out from the Hosur plant on August 30. TVS Motor said in the statement that the patent that Bajaj claims is not for the use of twin spark plug technology but for the use of the two spark plugs in a two-valve IC engine with a detachable fixed sleeve.
TVS earlier used VTi(Variable Timing Ignition) engine for its economic bike centra. Bajaj Auto claims that the TVS has used its digital twin spark ignition technology (DTSi) in recent TVS models including the 125 cc bike, Flame.
He said the company was convinced that there was a clear case of IPR violation by TVS on three counts and the companys legal department was preparing to go to court at the earliest. use of twin spark ignition for enhanced performance and better mileage. Secondly, the size (of engine) is same construction of engine is also the same.
The Patent Controversy. The case involves the issues of patent infringement by the defendant and the damages for the same. The case was filed before the Madras High Court in 2007. The complaints in (Bajaj Auto Ltd), along with the state of Maharashtra alleged the defendants (T.V.S. Motor Company Ltd.) of infringement of the patents of the complaints, which concerns the invention of the technology of improved internal combustion engine. preventing them from marketing, selling offering for sale or exporting 2/3 wheelers .
In the first of its kind case in India, Bajaj Auto has scored against rival TVS Motor in the technology patent case. Madras HC dismissed an appeal by TVS to restrain Bajaj from interfering in the manufacturing and sale of the Flame 125.
The Madras High Court has granted injunction to Bajaj Auto in the on-going patent battle between the two companies.
In a double blow to TVS, the Madras High Court dismissed an appeal by TVS to restrain Bajaj from interfering in the manufacturing and sale of the Flame 125. But the order of interim injunction restraining TVS Motor from manufacturing and selling Flame 125 or any other bike with the twin spark technology is the bigger blow.