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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has accused BYD of intellectual property breaches, alleging that the Chinese company's Ti7 SUV infringes on the design of the Land Rover Defender. In August, court-ordered bailiffs raided BYD's offices in the Netherlands and seized digital records. A Dutch court will decide this week whether the case can proceed. The Ti7, which starts at around $64,500 in Europe, is significantly cheaper than the comparable seven-seat Land Rover Defender 110, which runs nearly $92,000. BYD claims it has cooperated with JLR's requests and calls the raid a 'fishing expedition'.
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