Daimler has stopped a Chinese minicar that resembles the Smart ForTwo from being shown at next week’s Bologna auto show.
Daimler claims the Noble infringes its design copyright for its ForTwo. The Noble is built by Chinese automaker Shuanghuan Automobile.
The German carmaker won a temporary order from an Italian court banning the Noble from being displayed at the Bologna show, which opens December 5.
Martin Motors, Shuanghuan’s European distributor, says it has appealed the court injunction and it hopes the case will be resolved before the Bologna show opening.
Daimler obtained a similar court injunction in Germany to prevent German distributor China Automotive Deutschland from showing the Noble at the Frankfurt IAA in September.
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