September 26, 2024
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright has ruled that the presence of car dealerships in the Western District of Texas, a popular patent jurisdiction, is not enough to keep a patent lawsuit against Swedish carmaker Volvo in his Waco courtroom, transferring the case brought by an ex-Microsoft executive's private equity-funded patent litigation outfit.
June 09, 2023
A technology maker has hit automotive giant Volvo with an expansive patent suit in Texas federal court over wireless systems capable of connecting vehicles with external networks, alleging that many of its vehicles are chock-full of infringing features, shortly after the patent owner inked settlements in related litigation against Toyota and others.