Thread: Test drive & good review of 2008 Escape Hybrid
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Old 07-08-2007, 05:17 PM
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Red face Re: Test drive & good review of 2008 Escape Hybrid
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Originally Posted by DesertDog View Post
......decided that a small number were similar enough to Toyota's that they would pay token licensing fees to avoid any possible infringement lawsuits.
I read were Ford and Toyota actually swapped liscensing agreements because Toyota had implemented some diesel emissions technology they felt was similar to some Ford patents. The point is....there were no Ford payments for Toyota technology.
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