General Motors Company (GM) — company profile
General Motors Company is a publicly traded U.S. automaker listed on the NYSE under the ticker GM. The Detroit-based company traces its origins to the 1908 founding of General Motors Corporation; the current entity was incorporated in Delaware in 2009 following the automaker's bankruptcy restructuring. Headquarters moved in 2026 from the Renaissance Center to the Hudson's Detroit complex at 1240 Woodward Avenue. GM reports roughly 156,000 employees, ~$185 billion in 2025 revenue, and a market capitalization in the $70–80 billion range in 2026 (Wikipedia/Britannica; GM 10‑K).
GM designs, builds, and sells trucks, crossovers, SUVs, and cars worldwide under the Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac brands, and manufactures vehicle parts. It also provides software-enabled services and subscriptions through OnStar, operates the GM Financial captive lending arm, and has a defense unit (GM Defense). The case caption names "General Motors Company, LLC" alongside General Motors Corporation and General Motors LLC — successors from the 2009 reorganization.
Patent-litigation posture. The structured data show one tracked case, with GM named as a defendant and zero as plaintiff — the profile of an operating company being attacked, not an NPE. The single matter, Automotive Technologies International, Inc. v. Delphi Corp. et al., is venued in the Eastern District of Michigan before Judge Robert H. Cleland, not a plaintiff-friendly venue.
Notable case context. Plaintiff Automotive Technologies International (ATI), founded by inventor David S. Breed, is a non-practicing holder of automotive occupant-safety and sensor patents. ATI originally sued GM and other automaker customers in the Northern District of Texas in February 2008 over Delphi's Passive Occupant Detection System (PODS) products; Delphi filed a declaratory judgment action in Michigan, and the Texas case was consolidated there. Co-defendants included Ford, Volvo, Hyundai, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, and Fuji Heavy Industries. In 2011 the court granted summary judgment invalidating the asserted patents and an appeal followed. ATI later transferred hundreds of patents to American Vehicular Sciences, an Acacia-affiliated entity.