Solomon isn’t the first company to lose a patent case against Toyota. Antonov, who have invented a six speed automatic/manual (I won’t elaborate further, but they are an interesting company if you wish to delve into them), took Toyota to court in Germany stating infringement of patents in the Prius and lost.
Validation of patents through a court is always an immensely complex, lengthy and costly business. I personally prefer dealing with companies who have taken out license agreements with OEMs as:
1) I’m certain that the OEMs lawyers are more competent than myself in determining the validity of a patent.
2) An infringement of a license agreement is far easier to argue in a court of law.
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