Fiat Chrysler Wins Trade Case Over Mahindra’s Jeep Copy (1)

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NVwon its bid for an order to block U.S. imports of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s Roxor off-road vehicle that it said copies the look of the iconic Jeep Wrangler, the International Trade Commission said in a notice posted on the agency’s website.

The commission upheld, with modifications, a judge’s finding that Mahindra’s off-road vehicle is a copy of the Jeep. The Trump administration can veto the ban on public policy grounds, though that rarely happens, and Mahindra pledged to appeal.

Fiat Chrysler claimed that the Roxor is a “nearly identical copy” of its Jeep, particularly ...