The Wrangler Clone Jeep Wants To Ban – SlashGear

Within months of being slapped with the import ban, Mahindra redesigned the Roxor. Soon after, the U. S. ITC modified its ban order and noted that the Roxor models made after 2020 can be imported and sold in the country because they no longer violate the Jeep Wrangler's "trade dress" aka signature design. However, Mahindra was not content with the victory and asked the court to lift the ban on pre-2020 Roxors, as well.

In January 2022, Fiat Chrysler went knocking at the doors of the 6th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Detroit, filing a fresh complaint that the modified Roxor still infringes on its Jeep design property. Mahindra, on the other hand, was waiting for its own legal results. Fast forward to March, when Mahindra & Mahindra's petition to get the import ban on pre-2020 Roxor lifted, was discarded. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the ITC's original import ban decision.

Earlier this month, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles got another lifeline from a federal court in Detroit regarding its fresh petition. The court argued that wrong standards were applied while judging the case and classified Mahindra as a known infringer. "The simple fact that a known infringer's redesigned product is non-infringing does not support the conclusion that the safe distance rule should not apply," remarked one of the judges. Fiat Chrysler is now fighting again, seeking a permanent ban on all Roxor sales in the country.

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