Bajaj gets patent ExhausTec, TVS in trouble!

Bajaj Auto has announced that the Indian Patent Office granted Bajaj Auto a patent for its “ExhausTEC” invention vide Patent no 231498 dated 5th March 2009. This Grant was published in Patent Gazette dated 27 March 2009. Bajaj claims unique invention named “ExhausTEC” significantly improves low range / mid range torque in a single cylinder four stroke engine, employing a chamber of predetermined volume attached to the exhaust pipe. Bajaj has employed this innovation on its motorcycles since August 2004 in various models. TVS uses the same technology in its Apache and Apache RTR.
Bajaj Auto claims that it had seen use of its technology in TVS’s Apache model in August 2007. Bajaj and TVS has already issued notices to each other. With Bajaj getting the patent yesterday, the fight is going to intensify further. This is the second conflict between the rivals over intellectual property rights. The earlier clash occurred when TVS Motors unveiled its 125cc bike Flame on Twin spark technology.

http://www.vicky.in/straightfrmtheheart/bajaj-auto-gets-patent-for-exhaustec-tvs-apache-might-be-in-trouble/

So again Bajaj and TVS is going to hit the headlines :war:

yeah CC, get us all ready to hear more of :war: :war: between those two rivals.

Hey check this -
TVS Issues clarifications!

TVS Motors has issued an clarification on media reports claiming that TVS would be toruble following the Bajaj’s exhausTEC patent approval.
Sections of the press have carried news reports based on the press release made by M/s Bajaj Auto Limited titled ‘Bajaj Granted “ExhausTEC” Patent’ dated 2nd April 2009.
Our comments and clarifications are as follows:

1. TVS Motor Company is not infringing on the said patent and the grant of this patent has no impact on our business as none of the products of the company utilise the said technology.

2. The patent granted to Bajaj Auto is for “ExhausTEC”, which is a chamber fitted on the exhaust pipe. It has nothing to do with “DTSi twin spark” technology. They are two separate patents and are not linked to each other.

3. DTSi technology involves the use of two spark plugs in the cylinder head, which is part of the engine.

4. “ExhausTEC” is not fitted on the engine but is fitted in the exhaust pipe and refers to an additional chamber (box) that is created in the exhaust pipe through which exhaust gases are dispensed.

5. Bajaj Auto filed the “ExhausTEC” patent in 2004 and the subsequent patent application was published in the Indian Patent Gazette in 2007. TVS Motor opposed this in the Indian Patent Office. It was only because of TVS Motors opposition that Bajaj had to amend their claims and the claim as amended was subsequently granted to Bajaj.

We hereby firmly state that some persons in the media seem to have been misled into believing that a correlation exists between “DTSi twin spark” technology and “ExhausTEC”. In reality they are two independent technologies with separate patents and these technologies are not used by TVS Motor Company in any of its products.
http://www.vicky.in/straightfrmtheheart/tvs-issues-clarifications/

Is this ExhausTEC is for pulsar 220?

Bajaj Confident of beating TVS

Bajaj Auto has stated that it will be ahead of its arch rival TVS Motor, despite the sales gap narrowing between the two. Bajaj Auto is the country’s second largest two-wheeler maker by sales and will launch 7-8 new models or upgrades this year in the two-wheeler segment.
“If you see figures of the total year the distance is very large. But, it was only in a couple of months where the distance went down. If you see the whole year, we were far ahead of TVS and we expect to be far ahead this year also,” Bajaj Auto Vice Chairman, Madhur Bajaj said. “This year we expect the position to become better. We are coming out with 7-8 new models or upgrades and expect to generate a lot of interest through these,” Mr Bajaj added.
Recent data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam), suggested that while TVS and Bajaj reported a fall in sales in 2008-2009, the fall was steeper in Bajaj’s case, where sales dropped by nearly a quarter, as opposed to TVS, which lost sales by more than a percent. This contrast made TVS inch closer to Bajaj.

http://www.motorbeam.com/bikes/bajaj-bikes/bajaj-confident-of-beating-tvs/

hmm, both these rivals still continue to fight for their patent technology, but i guess the fight was for its twin spark technology which bajaj said it DTS-i and Tvs said it VVT tech and both are still fighting legally for its patent.Exhaust TEC is altogether another thing which came up.