Cars
Fake Range Rovers Barred From Sale in China
- Beijing court orders end to sales, production of copycat model
- Jaguar Land Rover calls victory first of its kind for industry
Jiangling’s Landwind X7
Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/BloombergA Chinese court ordered a local carmaker to stop selling a copycat version of the Range Rover Evoque in China, a rare legal victory for foreign companies locked in intellectual property disputes with local firms.
The Beijing court also ordered Jiangling Motors Corp. to immediately stop making the Landwind X7 after finding it copied five unique features from the Evoque, manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc said in a statement Friday.