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Dutch court rejects Jaguar Land Rover's request for surprise evidence seizure in BYD Ti 7 IP dispute

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A Dutch court in The Hague formally rejected Jaguar Land Rover's application for evidence preservation, denying its request to conduct surprise searches of BYD's office materials and obtain internal R&D documents. The court found that the broad surprise evidence-gathering was not sufficiently necessary, noting that the BYD Ti 7 is not yet on sale in the EU market, which was an important consideration in finding the request's relevance insufficient.

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BYD Ti 7 IP Dispute Reaches Key Procedural Ruling as Dutch Court Rejects Jaguar Land Rover's Request for Surprise Evidence Collection

IT Home, November 12: The intellectual property dispute between Jaguar Land Rover and BYD over the Ti 7 reached a key procedural ruling on November 11 local time.

The Hague Court in the Netherlands formally rejected Jaguar Land Rover's application for evidence preservation, declining its request to conduct surprise searches of BYD's relevant office materials and obtain internal R&D documents.

Previously, Jaguar Land Rover filed an application in the Netherlands on grounds of an appearance dispute, hoping to use the court to obtain a large number of BYD's core materials, including R&D documents and technical data, through surprise collection.

In this ruling, the court's core finding was that the broad surprise evidence collection lacked sufficient necessity.

IT Home notes that the BYD Ti 7 is not yet on sale in the EU market at this stage, which was also an important consideration in the court's finding that the large-scale evidence collection lacked sufficient relevance. This also sends a clear signal: in overseas intellectual property enforcement, the scope of evidence collection needs to match the product market and the need to prove the case, and the scope of collection cannot be arbitrarily expanded.

As Chinese new energy vehicles accelerate their overseas expansion, intellectual property contests with established overseas automakers are increasing. This ruling also provides a valuable reference sample for Chinese automakers going global on how to use local laws to protect their assets.

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