2021 Mahindra Roxor Approved For US Sale By Regulator ++ FCA plans to appeal the decision.
The drama between Jeep and Mahindra over the design of Mahindra’s Roxor continues. The Indian company introduced the off-road-only machine in question back in 2018, though Jeep quickly tried to stop its sale in the US, claiming it looked too much like its Wrangler. The two have gone back and forth since, though today
Reuters reports that the US International Trade Commission has approved Mahindra’s design of the 2021 Roxor for sale in the US.
According to the report, Fiat Chrysler Automobile, Jeep’s parent company, said in a statement that it’s “disappointed” in the decisions, adding that it plans to appeal the decision. Mahindra said the ruling validated the automaker’s redesigned Roxor, which the company is now permitted to manufacture and distribute. The ITC ruled that the Roxor’s new design no longer violates Jeep’s intell
Synopsis
Earlier this year in June, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) upheld the Administrative Law Judge s (ALJ) determination, which held that Roxor violated FCA s trade dress.
Reuters
New Delhi: Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday said the administrative law judge of a US regulator has determined that the redesigned 2021 version of its off-road utility vehicle Roxor does not violate the intellectual property rights of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Jeep brand.
Homegrown auto major M&M and FCA have been locked in a legal battle in the US over the design of Roxor, with the latter claiming that it is a copy of Willys Jeep and the design elements of the Indian company s product infringe some key design elements of Jeep. Roxor was launched on March 2, 2018, to be sold in the US and Canada.
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) is a self-described independent, nonpartisan, quasi-judicial federal agency, that investigates whether alleged unfair trade practices harm our domestic industries. If a U.S. company requests
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