The Piaggio group has communicated that both the tribunal judiciaire of Paris and the ordinary court of Milan, with sentences issued a few days apart from each other, have condemned Peugeot Motocycles for counterfeiting , with the Peugeot Metropolis model, of a European patent relating to the technology of the Piaggio MP3 three-wheeled scooter.
Peugeot Motocycles has been sentenced in France to compensation for damages quantified in 1,500,000 euros, to which are added further fines for violation and legal costs. The decision of the Court of Paris also establishes the prohibition for Peugeot Motocycles on French territory from the production, promotion, marketing, import, export, use and / or possession of any three-wheeled scooter that uses the control system patented by the Piaggio Group. (including the Peugeot Metropolis), under penalty of a fine for each vehicle subject to counterfeiting.
The Court of Milan, according to the press release, has inhibited Peugeot Motocycles on the Italian territory from importing, exporting, marketing and advertising (also via the internet) of the Peugeot Metropolis, establishing a penalty of 6 thousand euros for each vehicle sold. after the term of 30 days from the communication of the sentence. Furthermore, Peugeot Motocycles will have to withdraw all counterfeit vehicles from the market in Italy within 90 days, under penalty of an additional penalty of 10 thousand euros for each day of delay in carrying out the order.