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Stop
selling the Toyota Prius and Toyota Highlander hybrids?
Solomon
Technologies, Inc.
has filed a lawsuit against Toyota for patent
infringement that seeks to stop Toyota from selling
the Toyota
Prius hybrid and the Toyota
Highlander hybrid in the United States.
Thus far, for legal reasons, Toyota is not commenting
on the case.
Still, it is kind of interesting that Solomon
Technologies, Inc. didn't file a lawsuit against
Toyota until September of 2005. They didn't realize
their patent was being illegally used until then?
Moreover, the Solomon site claims that its technology
is used not only in Toyota hybrids, but also in the Ford
Escape hybrid and the Honda
Accord hybrid.
Is Honda or Ford paying Solomon?
Since Ford and Toyota negotiated on hybrid patents, it
seems odd that Solomon's 'proprietary' patent could
have been missed if Solomon and Ford have a
relationship. If they don't have a relationship, why
does the lawsuit only name Toyota?
On the face of it, this case seems derived to drive
publicity to Solomon, but that is only my gut feeling.
When I researched this company's stock and some other
corporate information, I noticed that all questions
were referred to the President of the company, which
made me wonder if there are any other corporate
officers in this company.
If an investor thought that Solomon had a case and
that Solomon would eventually obtain a bucket of cash
from Toyota, maybe a small stock purchase would be
worthwhile? Is that Solomon's game? Again, I am just
speculating.
Of course, on the contrary, Solomon could have a case,
and what would happen to hybrid
cars if Solomon wins?
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