IPNews® – Ford Motors is releasing its electrified vehicle patents to competitors in hopes that sharing technology will speed and strengthen future technological developments for electric cars.
The move follows a similar recent move by Tesla. The hope is that this will speed the adoption of electric cars which Ford is gambling will help it
IPNews® – Things are heating up at Ford, where the company is facing allegations that it intentionally copied automatic turn signal technology.
The inventor, who has worked as an automotive design engineer, is demanding undisclosed damages. This lawsuit comes on the heels of another formal complaint of patent infringement issued against Ford, as another complaint
IPNews® – Tesla has made the bold move to take on Ford over the trademark rights to the “Model E” name, which many sources speculate will be the name of Tesla’s next electric car.
Elon Musk’s famed electric-only car manufacturing company filed a trademark application for “Model E” in the summer of 2013. The move
IPNews® – An inventor smacked Ford Motor Co. with a patent infringement lawsuit Wednesday alleging the auto maker’s F-150 pickup truck includes his patented fuel injection system.
TMC Fuel Systems LLC gave Ford multiple opportunities to license the technology, but Ford chose not to do so and is now infringing the patent as a result
Though at first blush Ford’s claim may seem a little silly, we don’t think it is. Should Ford allow Ferrari to use the F150 trademark in relation to Ferrari’s automobiles, it would become much harder to stop a similar infringement in the future.
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