Lyft, Inc. v. Quartz Auto Technologies LLC

  1. April 24, 2024

    Lyft Denied $1M Fees In Patent Suit Because Of Previous Deal

    A California federal judge on Tuesday denied Lyft Inc.'s request for $1 million in attorney fees in its patent dispute against Quartz Auto Technologies LLC, saying the parties' agreement to dismiss certain claims clearly stated that each party would "bear its own costs and attorneys' fees."

  2. June 22, 2022

    Lyft Told To Wait Before Attacking Tech Patents Again

    A federal judge in California told lawyers for Lyft on Wednesday that they would have to wait until the end of claim construction to start arguing that language in patents initially developed by researchers at IBM covering wireless communication technology was too abstract for patent protection.

  3. September 08, 2021

    Patent Holder Can't Escape Lyft's Noninfringement Case

    A California federal judge has refused to toss Lyft Inc.'s suit claiming that it does not infringe a series of Quartz Auto Technologies patents covering GPS and autonomous vehicle and device locator technology, finding that the court has jurisdiction over the patent owner.