Mercedes-Benz Wins Patent Suit Challenging Attention Assist Feature
How about going into the automotive industry for some patent wars? Yep, it’s not just Apple, Samsung, and other electronic giants showing up at courtrooms to fight for features used by their products. Recently, Mercedes-Benz took the victory in a US lawsuit in which the German automaker’s Attention Assist feature—found on some E-Class, GL-Class, and S-Class models— was said to be infringing on existing patents. In a federal court hearing last week in New Jersey, US District Judge Faith Hochberg ruled in favor of Mercedes-Benz after deeming that Ibormeith IP LLC, a licensing company and holder of patent 6,313,749, was not able to clearly describe the coverage of the patent…. Continue Reading »