The District Court of The Hague in the Netherlands recently ruled to revoke a seizure order previously granted to Jaguar Land Rover for relevant BYD documents, rejecting its request to conduct surprise searches of BYD office materials and obtain internal R&D documents. The court noted that BYD has never sold the vehicle model at issue within the EU, and that Jaguar Land Rover does not need such evidence to establish the scale of damages it allegedly suffered in the EU. The court also ordered Jaguar Land Rover to prevent the leakage of relevant information. The dispute originated in August of this year, when Jaguar Land Rover prompted Dutch court enforcement officers to search two BYD offices and seize a batch of digital records. BYD at the time criticized the action as a fishing expedition lacking legitimate grounds, noting that the seized documents far exceeded what the case required. This ruling clearly establishes that the scope of evidence collection in overseas intellectual property enforcement should align with the product market and evidentiary needs, and also provides a useful reference for Chinese automakers going global in using local laws to protect their self-developed assets. The domestic version of the BYD Ti7 is the Fang Cheng Bao Tai 7, which was launched in China in September 2025, priced at 179,800 to 219,800 yuan, and is planned for launch in the UK in January 2027, with a starting price of 47,995 pounds.
