Bajaj Auto has said it will sue the TVS Motor Company days after TVS revealed their new 125cc bike Flame to the media. Bajaj feels the Flame which uses twin spark plugs may have copied Bajaj's DTS-i dual plug technology that it successfully uses on the hot selling Pulsars and other models like the Discover. Bajaj is of the view TVS could be violating its patent number 195904 of July 07 2005, filed for twin spark technology (DTS-i).
TVS Motor company on the other hand rightly refutes any accusations to say there is no infringement as the application of twin spark plugs has been extensively used the world over for decades with several patents already in existence related to the same technology. Aircraft are widely known to have used twin spark plug equipped engines for decades.
In their defence TVS also stresses their technology does not gain its benefits only from twin spark plugs. The real benefits gained by TVS are due to the new CCVTi engine using three-valves with unique construction within the carburettor to open and shut two inlet ports deployed. While Bajaj holds the patent for twin spark plugs on a two-valve, single-cylinder engine the TVS engine uses twin plugs within a three-valve engine, which makes Bajaj Auto's argument hold little water.
TVS has retaliated by stating it will file its own case for damages of Rs.250 crore against Bajaj if they do not go back on their irresponsible allegations.
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