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BYD Offices Raided over Copycat Design Allegations – Report
Bailiffs seized records from BYD offices as JLR pursues claims the Ti7 copies the Land Rover Defender, with a court challenge now underway.
- Bailiffs raided BYD offices in Schiedam and Hoofddorp in August, seizing digital records to support Jaguar Land Rover's intellectual property claim that the Chinese firm's Ti7 SUV copies the Land Rover Defender's design.
- The Indian-owned British automaker previously sued Jiangling in 2016, alleging its Landwind X7 copied the Range Rover Evoque; JLR won in 2019, receiving 1.5 million yuan in compensation after courts ordered production to cease.
- JLR claims the Ti7 infringes on the Defender's design, though the automaker has pursued legal action against BYD alone among Defender-esque SUV makers as Chinese brands expand globally.
- Both Jaguar Land Rover and BYD have declined to comment on the legal dispute, while Australian authorities recently approved the Ti7 for sale despite the intellectual property concerns being litigated.
- British buyers have embraced boxy Chinese SUVs reminiscent of Land Rover models, with the Jaecoo J7 tracking to be the UK's best-selling vehicle of 2026; Rox Motor and GWM Haval are launching similar designs in Australia.
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During a visit to the European headquarters of the Chinese car manufacturer BYD in Hoofddorp and Schiedam, bailiffs found digital files in...
·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Scandal on the international car market, where China's largest car manufacturer, BYD, is accused of stealing the Jaguar-Land Rover sketches and copying the models of the British manufacturer owned by the Dada Motors indieans.
JAGUAR Land Rover is suing China's BYD over alleged copying of the Defender model. The British company claims BYD used reverse engineering to develop its Ti7 SUV. A court decision is expected soon.
·Zagreb, Croatia
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