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Toyota Prius Under Fire For Patent Infringement 504

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday January 13, 2006 @07:32AM
from the not-so-fast dept.

tekiegreg writes "According to Auto Service World, Toyota (and possibly other hybrid companies) are guilty of violating a patent with their Prius hybrid Systems. The patent in particular looks like it covers most of how the drive-train and even the braking system of a Toyota Prius functions. The implications of which are big if there is no deal or settlement made (such as ceasing of hybrid vehicles in the United States)."

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Easy Solution. (Score:5, Funny)

by yobjob (942868) writes: on Friday January 13, 2006 @07:38AM (#14462462)

Remove the braking system. No more patent violation!

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/tin hat (Score:5, Funny)

by Dr. Eggman (932300) writes: on Friday January 13, 2006 @07:39AM (#14462467)

It's the oil companies in disguise!

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Is it good news or bad news? (Score:4, Funny)

by Vo0k (760020) writes: on Friday January 13, 2006 @07:50AM (#14462510) Journal

Google Under Fire For Patent Infringement - bad news.
Microsoft Under Fire For Patent Infringement - good news.
Sun Under Fire For Patent Infringement - depends on wind direction and world series basketball results.
Do we love or hate Toyota Prius?

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Re:Easy Solution. (Score:3, Funny)

by Elitist_Phoenix (808424) writes: on Friday January 13, 2006 @07:52AM (#14462515)

Yeah, the yuppies and single women who drive them wouldn't notice the difference anyway.

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Infinit Speed !!! (Score:4, Funny)

by metarox (883747) writes: on Friday January 13, 2006 @07:58AM (#14462541) Homepage

From the patent title :

Dual-input infinite-speed integral motor and transmission device

Now that's cool!

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Re:Easy Solution. (Score:3, Funny)

by metricmusic (766303) writes: on Friday January 13, 2006 @08:06AM (#14462570) Homepage Journal

*waves placard*

Implement Flintstones braking tech now!

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Re:Is it good news or bad news? (Score:2, Funny)

by Peeptophe (252809) writes: on Friday January 13, 2006 @08:51AM (#14462788)

People who make an irrelevant attempt to bash Microsoft because they think they will get a "Funny" mod on /. given a boot to the head....Priceless.

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Re:Easy Solution. (Score:4, Funny)

by PitaBred (632671) writes: <slashdotNO@SPAMpitabred.dyndns.org> on Friday January 13, 2006 @10:44AM (#14463754) Homepage

BRAKING! Jeebus. Use a dictionary. Or read the article. Or the parent post.

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Re:Limited problem (Score:3, Funny)

by zippthorne (748122) writes: on Friday January 13, 2006 @11:08AM (#14463999) Journal

Do they make them for boats that can go underwater? Then they could be "submarine" patents...

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Re:Easy Solution. (Score:3, Funny)

by Guppy06 (410832) writes: on Friday January 13, 2006 @01:08PM (#14465213)

That's it! The patent is for a "braking system," but (so far) nobody holds a patent on a "breaking system!"

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