Cypress-based Yamaha Motor Corp. USA has settled a motorcycle spat with San Clemente’s Patriot Motorcycles Co.
Terms of the settlment weren’t disclosed.
Yamaha, part of Japan’s Yamaha Corp., sued Patriot in October for allegedly selling knockoff Yamaha all-terrain vehicles under a name similar to Yamaha’s.
Patriot is a distributor for Union City-based Yamoto Motor Corp., which also was named in the Yamaha suit. Yamoto isn’t part of Yamaha’s settlement with Patriot.
“Patriot wants to move forward,” said Michel Attias, the company’s chief executive.
Yamaha said it plans to pursue litigation against Yamoto.
“Yamaha will not tolerate Yamoto’s fraudulent, deceptive imitation of its trademarks, copyrights and appearance of its products,” said Russell Jura, general counsel of Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. “Since Yamoto has not yet approached us about a settlement as Patriot did, our intention is to litigate this case against Yamoto through trial.”
