Law360, New York (July 31, 2008, 12:00 AM ET) -- After losing a $34 million verdict last year to licensing company Orion IP LLC, Hyundai Motor America Inc. launched a declaratory judgment action Monday against the company, now called Clear With Computers LLC, in a bid to invalidate the same online sales method patent.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, seeks a declaration of noninfringement on the ground that Hyundai has made significant alterations to the Web sites previously ruled to have infringed one of two patents asserted...