#比亚迪荷兰办公室遭突击调查
Put simply, Land Rover struck first in the “copycat” lawsuit.
Jaguar Land Rover insists that BYD’s Titanium 7 copied the Defender—not just in appearance. It also suspects BYD bought a Defender, took it apart and reverse-engineered it to get a close look at the technology. So, before the case was heard at the court in The Hague, it had court bailiffs conduct surprise searches of BYD’s two offices in the Netherlands and seize electronic records, fearing the data might be deleted and the evidence lost, making it impossible to pursue the case.
BYD, of course, denies the allegations and calls it “fishing for evidence.” It says it was already cooperating by providing information, but the bailiffs took far more documents than was reasonable. Both sides have their own version of events. The court in The Hague is ruling on procedural matters first this week, and the fight has only just begun.
Put simply, Land Rover struck first in the “copycat” lawsuit.
Jaguar Land Rover insists that BYD’s Titanium 7 copied the Defender—not just in appearance. It also suspects BYD bought a Defender, took it apart and reverse-engineered it to get a close look at the technology. So, before the case was heard at the court in The Hague, it had court bailiffs conduct surprise searches of BYD’s two offices in the Netherlands and seize electronic records, fearing the data might be deleted and the evidence lost, making it impossible to pursue the case.
BYD, of course, denies the allegations and calls it “fishing for evidence.” It says it was already cooperating by providing information, but the bailiffs took far more documents than was reasonable. Both sides have their own version of events. The court in The Hague is ruling on procedural matters first this week, and the fight has only just begun.