Peugeot Motorcycles, owned by Mahindra & Mahindra has been banned from selling three-wheeled scooter Peugeot Metropolis in France and Italy.
Meanwhile, Courts in Paris and Milan have also slapped penalties on the French company in a patent infringement case filed by Italian two-wheeler maker Piaggio Group.
The patent in question relates to the control system that enables a three-wheeled vehicle to tilt sideways like a conventional motorcycle.
The ruling also prohibits Peugeot Motorcycles from producing, promoting, marketing, importing, exporting, using and/or possessing any three-wheeler scooter that uses the control system patented by Piaggio Group on French territory, according to Piaggio statement.
Piaggio in a statement said it won European patent infringement suits against Peugeot Motorcycles in Paris and Milan.
The Paris court in its ruling slapped damages of €1.5 million on Peugeot Motorcycles for patent infringement in addition to further penalties for every counterfeit vehicle and legal expenses.
The Milan court has prohibited Peugeot Motorcycles from importing, exporting, marketing and advertising (offline and online) the Peugeot Metropolis on Italian territory. A fine of €6,000 will be charged for every vehicle sold after a term of 30 days from the announcement of the sentence. Peugeot Motorcycles must also withdraw all counterfeit vehicles from sale in Italy within 90 days, or pay additional fine of €10,000 for every day of delay in executing the order, added the Piaggio statement.
