April 16, 2026
A small U.S. computer company called Hyundai Technology has been told to pay $2.5 million by a California federal jury to Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. after being accused of "piggybacking" off of the auto giant's trademark and causing confusion for consumers.
April 02, 2026
Hyundai Motor Co. told a California federal jury during opening statements Thursday that a small American company calling itself Hyundai Technology selling "low quality" computers is "piggybacking" off the trademark of the automotive giant by tricking consumers into thinking the two companies are associated.
January 07, 2025
A California federal judge has denied a bid to disqualify O'Melveny & Myers LLP from representing Hyundai Motor Co. in a trademark dispute with computing company Hyundai Technology Group, saying the firm's failure to destroy a clawed-back document didn't justify booting it from the case.
December 09, 2024
An attorney defending computing company Hyundai Technology in its trademark dispute with Hyundai Motor Co. told a California federal judge Monday that O'Melveny & Myers LLP should be disqualified from representing the automotive giant because it retained and used a privileged document that was inadvertently shared in discovery.