经验

汽车

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汽车是本所业务分支，下属于 消费品和服务业, 电子和信息科技, and 运输和物流.

永不止步的技术改进

为了跟上客户对新设计和功能不断变化的需求，汽车工业及汽车供应商正在寻求不断创新。混合动力技术、车载网络系统、安全摄像机、后视雷达和非触控尾门是过去五年所取得重大进步的一小部分。除了上述创新之外，汽车供电行业还新开发了视音频设备、电力供应系统、传感器以及动力传动系统和底盘系统线束。为了扩大市场份额，提高盈利能力以及保持竞争力，汽车制造商和供应商不断寻求开发新的产品线，加强供应链，改进库存控制，整合或外包资源以提高效率，确定替代零部件。这类创新者需要可靠的知识产权保护。凭借长期与创新汽车制造商和供应商合作，美国飞翰律师事务所提供法律策略，为汽车行业宝贵的知识产权资产提供保护、辩护和利用手段。

了解法律和突破性科技

保护汽车制造和供应产业取得的进步需要一支跨领域知识产权团队。美国飞翰律师事务所的律师和专业人员在电气、计算机、机械工程和材料科学方面拥有丰富的经验。在我们的专业人员中，超过50人曾担任过美国专利审查员，多人拥有汽车相关领域的工作经验，如变速器、动力传动系统、悬架系统、制动和制动系统、润滑和冷却系统、车体和零部件、泵阀组件、汽车座椅和其他内饰物品（包括安全气囊和其他安全装置）、排气系统、GPS等导向系统、仪器仪表、电池、交流发电机和发电机、燃料电池、混合动力车、轮胎和车轮以及各种类型的发动机系统。在涉及复杂事项的高风险案件中，我们的专业人员凭借法律和技术背景，针对具有重大法律和商业影响的问题为客户提供意见和建议。

从确定新产品的竞争状况到制定胜诉策略，我们为汽车客户提供全方位的服务，其中包括：

就诉讼策略和其他争议解决方案提供咨询，并部署经验丰富的审判上诉小组。
开展授权后复审程序，包括双方复审程序和商业方法专利复议程序。
开展以客户业务需求和法律需求为重点的发明捕捉会议。
制定和执行申请策略，打造强大的知识产权。
分析竞争对手的知识产权，避免侵权行为，找出差距和弱点。
制定许可计划。
开展并购尽职调查。
制定专利组合管理策略以提高专利组合价值，并尽量减少不必要的费用。
提供涉及知识产权的政府承包和出口规则咨询服务。
提供商标申请和咨询服务。

不同客户群

我们同各种规模的创新客户合作，包括《财富》百强和全球1000强企业：

Accuride Corporation
BMW
Bridgestone Firestone
Caterpillar
Hyundai/Kia Motors
Mitsubishi Motors North America
Subaru of America/Fuji Heavy Industries
Toyota Motor Corporation
United Technologies Corp

该行业领域内的专业人员

经验

Obtained complete victory against Carrum on appeal of the District of Delaware’s claim construction to the Federal Circuit following Carrum’s stipulation of non-infringement under the claim construction, thereby exonerating BMW’s ACC system, first sold in 2000, against Carrum’s 2004 patents. Invalidated several asserted claims through post-grant efforts before the U.S. Patent Office, including IPRs and EPRs, and pursued claims through proceedings before the Eastern District of Virginia to vindicate BMW’s patent challenges.

1:18-cv-01645, D. Del., Judge Andrews
21-1435, 24-1480, Fed. Cir., Judges Clevenger, Cunningham, Lourie, Moore, Prost, Taranto
IPR2019-00902, -00903, -00904, -00905, -00927, 00928, PTAB, Judges Browne, Scanlon, Tornquist
90/019,010, CRU

Obtained a swift, cost-effective walk-away in the Southern District of Texas by showing that Ad Innovations’ infringement theory accused a feature not present in the U.S.

3:25-cv-00179, S.D. Tex., Judge Brown

Secured a covenant-not-to-sue and zero-dollar walkaway for BMW Group in a declaratory judgment action, concluding Arigna’s high-profile patent enforcement campaign involving current amplification technology. This outcome follows a decisive ITC victory, the dismissal of parallel District Court litigation, and multiple concurrent patent office challenges pending at the time of resolution.

1:23-cv-01190, D.D.C., Judge Contreras
2:21-cv-00173, E.D. Tex.
IPR2021-01531, PTAB, Judges Baer, Fenick, Iftikhar
23-1931, Fed. Cir.
90/019,261, USPTO

Finnegan represented Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. in this patent infringement action brought by VDPP, LLC. VDPP’s complaint asserted a patent directed to a 3D display and glasses system, which it alleged was infringed by Volkswagen’s camera systems. We moved to dismiss on several grounds, including VDPP’s failure to allege compliance with the marking statute, 35 U.S.C. § 287(a). The Court agreed with our arguments and dismissed the case with prejudice. Following dismissal, the Court awarded Volkswagen its attorneys’ fees, finding both VDPP and its counsel jointly and severally liable.

4:23-cv-02961, S.D. Tex., Judge Rosenthal

Secured a royalty-free covenant not to sue from NorthStar for its present and future patent portfolio, which includes patents related to displaying navigation information on electronic maps, mobile devices selectively reporting GPS position information to others, and route-based communication planning architecture and wireless communication. This result was achieved after filing a declaratory judgement as well as IPRs on all claims of all asserted patents, leading to favorable institution decisions.

2:22-cv-00486, E.D. Tex., Judge Gilstrap
6:23-cv-00456, W.D. Tex., Judge Albright
IPR2023-00890, -00934, -01017,-01049, -01190, -01191, PTAB, Judges Droesch, Flax, Petravick, Wood

Achieved prominent wins for clients Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, and Lamborghini by defending them against multiple allegations of patent infringement involving power electronics and power semiconductor structures at the International Trade Commission (ITC) and the Eastern District of Texas, and by securing institution of inter partes reviews (IPRs) on patents at issue at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

337-TA-1267, ITC, Judge Bhattacharyya
IPR2021-01321, -01531, PTAB, Judges Baer, Fenick, Iftikhar
2:21-cv-00054; -00172, E.D. Tex., Judge Gilstrap