The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has launched an investigation into Ford's hybrid electric vehicles, following a patent complaint from a US-based hybrid technology company.
On March 6, the ITC announced that it had voted to institute an investigation into certain hybrid electric vehicles, naming Ford as the respondent.
The complaint was filed by Paice on February 2.
According to the ITC, the complaint alleged that Ford had violated section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 by importing “certain hybrid electric vehicles and components” that infringed Paice’s patents.
The Federal Circuit disagreed with Paice, with the exception of one claim, which was “incorrectly analysed as rising or falling with the independent claims”.
The court remanded the case for further proceedings.

Source: WIPR