LKQ v. GM patent infringement case district judge rules on summary judgment motions

Super Lighting Sues Luxrite and Pvtech Over T8 LED Tube Patent Infringement

Super Lighting Sues Luxrite and Pvtech Over T8 LED Tube Patents Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd., along with its U.S. affiliate Obert, Inc., has filed a patent lawsuit against All Star Lighting Supplies, Inc. (better known as Luxrite) and Chinese manufacturer Xiamen Pvtech Corporation. The complaint was filed on 30 June in the U.S. District Court for New Jersey. It accuses both companies of willfully infringing ten U.S. patent…

LKQ v. GM patent infringement case district judge rules on summary judgment motions

A patent infringement suit against General Motors by LKQ and Keystone Automotive Industries moves forward with rulings on patentability, obviousness, and invalidity. LKQ sued GM in November 2021, stating that it does not infringe two of GM’s fender design patents. GM countersued, alleging that LKQ had infringed the at-issue patents. GM argued that its patent design was obvious — essentially that the idea behind it wasn’t already familiar to expe…