General Motors Corp.

General Motors Corp. (GM) — company profile

General Motors is a Detroit, Michigan–based automaker founded September 16, 1908. The entity named in the case data, "General Motors Corp.," is the pre-bankruptcy corporation; the current operating parent, General Motors Company, was incorporated as a Delaware corporation in 2009 following GM's Chapter 11 restructuring and trades on the NYSE under "GM." GM reports roughly 156,000–163,000 employees and revenue of about $185 billion (2024), making it one of the largest automakers by revenue. It is publicly traded and not a subsidiary of another company.

GM designs, builds and sells trucks, crossovers, cars and automobile parts, and provides software-enabled services and subscriptions worldwide. Its vehicle brands are Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC, supplemented by equity stakes in Chinese joint ventures (Baojun, Wuling). Reporting segments include GM North America, GM International, GM Financial (auto financing), and formerly Cruise (autonomous vehicles). It also builds EVs on its Ultium platform, operates the OnStar connected-services business, offers Super Cruise driver-assistance technology, and holds battery-cell joint ventures with LG Energy Solution (Ultium Cells) and Samsung SDI.

Patent-litigation posture. GM operates as an operating company and appears in the tracked data exclusively as a defendant (0 plaintiff suits, 1 defendant suit). The single case sits in the District of Delaware, not an NPE-heavy venue such as the Eastern District of Texas. This is the classic profile of a manufacturer defending against third-party patent assertions rather than an entity asserting its own portfolio.

Notable case. Automotive Technologies International, Inc. v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. et al. (D. Del., filed March 17, 2006) named GM alongside American Honda and Elesys North America. Plaintiff ATI asserted a family of patents relating to automobile seat and occupant-sensing technology, including side-impact airbag crash sensors. ATI is characterized in Stanford's NPE Litigation Database as an individual-inventor-started, acquired-patent asserter that filed parallel suits against numerous automakers and suppliers (BMW, Hyundai, Kia, Ford, DaimlerChrysler and others); the related Federal Circuit appeal affirmed invalidity of one asserted sensor patent for lack of enablement. GM's involvement reflects the industry-wide occupant-safety sensor litigation of that period.