May 10, 2022
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday cut a jury's award of $100 million in punitive damages to Atturo Tire Corp. in a dispute with rival Toyo Tire to just $100,000, saying the conduct "was not extreme" enough to warrant such a large finding, but kept intact the jury's $10 million compensatory damages award.
October 26, 2021
Toyo Tire Corp. is fighting a $110 million judgment against it in a dispute with rival Atturo Tire Corp. over allegedly defamatory statements that Atturo infringed certain intellectual property rights, arguing that it at least should be able to get a new trial.
September 22, 2021
An Illinois federal jury awarded Atturo Tire Corp. $10 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages Wednesday, finding rival Toyo Tire Corp. liable for defamation, unfair competition, unjust enrichment, deceptive trade practices and tortious interference with Atturo's contracts.
May 10, 2021
An Illinois federal judge declined Monday to grant partial final judgment on Toyo Tire's claims that a rival infringed its trade dress, saying there's too much overlap in counterclaims set for trial in September to allow Toyo to immediately appeal its rival's summary judgment win.
February 11, 2021
A Toyo Tire rival has dodged claims that it infringed the Japanese tire giant's trade dress, after an Illinois federal judge found that Toyo's own experts in the long-running case proved that the tread design of its tires isn't protected.