May 26, 2015
A California federal judge trimmed patent litigation against BMW of North America LLC and eight other automakers after patent holder Signal IP Inc. agreed to a partial judgment of invalidity after the court found a portion of the patent claims' terms to be indefinite during claim construction.
September 25, 2014
A California federal judge on Thursday granted Ford Motor Co.'s bid to transfer to Michigan a suit alleging the auto giant ripped off Signal IP's car safety technology, saying the Eastern District of Michigan is a more appropriate choice since at least 16 of Ford's potential witnesses live in the district.
August 25, 2014
Signal IP Inc. on Friday urged a California federal judge to nix Ford Motor Co.'s bid to transfer to Michigan a suit accusing Ford of infringing car safety technology, arguing the patent holder has filed 13 similar suits against different automakers in California court, making it "highly inefficient" for separate courts to rule the same issues.
August 15, 2014
Ford Motor Co. on Thursday urged a California federal judge to transfer to Michigan a suit accusing the automaker of ripping off car safety patents, saying the dispute targets vehicles designed by Ford in Michigan and that the company owning the patents was formed in California only weeks before filing suit.
April 23, 2014
Patent holder Signal IP Inc. filed a slew of infringement suits Wednesday in California federal court against Ford Motor Co. and the U.S. arms of Mercedes-Benz, BMW Group and others, accusing their cars of using Signal's car safety patents, including for a blind spot radar.