Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has been ordered by a Dutch court to destroy documents seized from BYD's offices during their legal fight over the Ti 7 SUV, which JLR says copies its Defender.
An independent third party will handle the file destruction, and if JLR doesn't follow through within 24 hours of official notice, it will face steep fines: €50,000 (₹52 lakh) per hour, up to €500,000 (₹5.2 crore).
Court stops JLR using seized documents
The court also stopped JLR from taking any more action based on those seized documents.
Since BYD's Ti 7 hasn't even launched in the EU yet, the judge said JLR didn't actually need those files to make its case or claim damages.
The court also rejected JLR's request for penalties against BYD and noted that BYD had played by the rules so far.