Royal Enfield faces patent suit in US

New Delhi, May 20 

Auto component manufacturer Flash Electronics India today said it has filed a suit against niche bike maker Royal Enfield in the US for patent infringement regarding production of an electronic component.

As per the suit, the Pune-based company said Royal Enfield has infringed its patent on ‘Regulator Rectifier Device’ and method for regulating an output voltage of the same.

The company claimed the patent for its product was duly issued by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) on February 20, 2018, after its research and development team came up with the component in 2014.

Since then, Flash Electronics has been the key manufacturer and supplier of this component to many leading two-wheeler manufacturers in India and overseas, it said. 

“We have been trusted suppliers to leading auto manufacturers across India and overseas and it is unfortunate to have to deal with such an unexpected and unprecedented act on the part of Royal Enfield,” Flash Electronics India founder and managing director Sanjeev Vasdev said. — PTI