Piaggio has won the first round in a legal dispute with Mahindra Two Wheelers owned Peugeot Motorcycles . The Paris and Milan courts have found in Piaggio ' s favour in a European patent infringement case . In a parallel to Piaggio ' s successful attempts in the past to have the unique nature of the Vespa design IP protected , this action against Peugeot concerns alleged infringement of its MP3 Scooter design rights . Specifically , the courts have upheld Piaggio ' s claim that the Peugeot Metropolis |
counterfeited a European patent relating to the technology of the Piaggio MP3 three-wheeled scooter - the control of the system that allows a three-wheeled vehicle to lean sideways like a traditional motorcycle . In France , Peugeot has been ordered to pay compensation for damages quantified at € 1,500,000 , plus further fines for violation and legal costs and banned from the production , promotion , marketing , import , export , use and / or possession of any three-wheeled scooter that uses the control system |
patented by the Piaggio Group on French territory ( including the Peugeot Metropolis ), under penalty of a fine for each vehicle said to be subject to counterfeiting . The Court of Milan prohibited Peugeot Motorcycles from importing , exporting , marketing and advertising ( also via the internet ) the Peugeot Metropolis in Italy , establishing a penalty of € 6,000 for each vehicle sold . Peugeot Motorcycles must withdraw all counterfeit vehicles from the market in Italy within 90 days , under penalty of an additional |
Piaggio has won patent protection actions for the control system of its sideways leaning tech on the MP3 against Peugeot ' s use of a claimed counterfeit system on its Metropolis .
€ 10,000 for each day of delay in carrying out the order .
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