Toyota, Honda Hit with Patent Suits by US Firm: Nikkei Asia

Japan’s Toyota Motor and Honda Motor have been sued by a US-based patent management company for alleged infringement on patents covering in-vehicle communications technologies, Nikkei Asia has learned.

Intellectual Ventures alleges that each automaker has infringed on more than 10 patents, including ones for short-distance communications.

Read the full report: Nikkei Asia.

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.

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