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4 cases as plaintiff.
Autonavigare LLC is a private entity that engages in patent assertion. Publicly available information regarding its formation date, headquarters, and employee count could not be verified. The company does not appear to manufacture products or offer services. Its activities are focused on licensing and litigating a portfolio of patents related to automotive technology.
The company's patent portfolio centers on in-vehicle infotainment and navigation systems. Specifically, the patents it has asserted in litigation relate to features such as controlling mobile device applications through a vehicle's built-in control systems, navigation data updates, route searching, and smartphone integration. Anti-NPE organization Unified Patents has challenged the validity of at least two of these patents, U.S. 9,288,665 and U.S. 9,766,801, by filing for ex parte reexamination.
Consistent with the profile of a non-practicing entity (NPE), Autonavigare has been a plaintiff in all four of its tracked patent infringement lawsuits and has not been named as a defendant. The company has filed its lawsuits in plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions, including the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. This litigation pattern, exclusively as a plaintiff, is characteristic of a patent assertion entity.
Autonavigare's litigation campaign has targeted major automotive manufacturers. The tracked cases show lawsuits filed against Toyota Motor Corporation, General Motors, LLC, Ford Motor Company, and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. The lawsuits accuse the automakers' infotainment systems of infringing on Autonavigare's patents. For example, the suit against General Motors alleged that infotainment systems in Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac vehicles infringed on six different patents.
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This case is currently active. The complaint has been filed, and the case is proceeding.
The case was terminated after the parties filed a joint motion to dismiss with prejudice, which typically indicates a settlement was reached.
The case was dismissed following a joint motion from both parties, suggesting a settlement.
A notice of dismissal with prejudice was filed by the plaintiff, closing the case.