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Chinese automaker BYD's offices in the Netherlands were raided in August at the request of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) over alleged intellectual property violations related to the Ti7 SUV. JLR suspects BYD of reverse engineering technologies similar to those in the Land Rover Defender. Digital records were seized during the court-authorized operation to prevent data deletion ahead of a legal confrontation in The Hague. The BYD Ti7, a plug-in hybrid SUV, has been compared to the Defender since its launch in China last year and is set to be released in the UK at a significantly lower price. Both companies declined to comment due to ongoing legal proceedings, and this is not JLR's first legal action against a Chinese firm for similar allegations.