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Tesla patents lawsuit overview:
- Who: Graphite Charging Co. LLC filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Tesla Inc.
- Why: The company says Tesla infringed on two of its patents to develop charging station technology for its electric vehicles.
- Where: The Tesla patents lawsuit was filed in a Texas federal court.
Tesla infringed on two patents to develop charging station technology for its electric vehicles, a new lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff Graphite Charging Co. LLC filed the patent infringement lawsuit against Tesla Inc. in a Texas federal court, alleging violations of two of its patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 8,103,391 and 8,291,243, that relate to electric vehicle charging systems.
According to the lawsuit, Tesla ripped off the patents, which former employees of IBM Corp. filed, through its charging stations, electric vehicles and app.
Graphite Charging says it sent Tesla a cease-and-desist letter warning the automaker to stop infringing on its patents but claims Tesla ignored the letter.
Two patents wilfully violated, Tesla patents lawsuit alleges
Graphite alleges Tesla infringed on its ‘391 patent, which focuses on how to create a system for detecting interrupt conditions while an electric vehicle is charged, according to the lawsuit.
It says the patent provides an advancement over prior technology in equipment safety by safeguarding the integrity of the components in an electric vehicle transaction infrastructure, with its significance shown by the fact it is referenced in more than 100 other patent applications.
“Upon information and belief, each of defendant’s charging stations comprise a computer storage medium, which tangibly embodies a computer program that monitors an EV Tesla charging process,” the lawsuit states. “Specifically, the charging stations continuously monitor the charging of electric vehicles, in part, by using real time interrupt handling for fault conditions and user preference conditions that infringe the ‘391 patent.”
Tesla also allegedly violated the ‘243 patent through its autonomous control system as it contains methods for adapting a computer device’s power consumption in response to environmental conditions, the lawsuit states.
“Autonomous control is composed of machine learning, forecasting, optimization and real-time control algorithms used for utility bill reduction, demand response participation, micro grid control and wholesale energy market bidding,” the Tesla patents lawsuit says. “Moreover, Tesla’s autonomous control algorithms automate the dispatch of energy assets to maximize economic value.”
Graphite seeks a court order finding Tesla infringed on its ‘391 and ‘243 patents, damages, fees and costs.
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Graphite Charging Co. is represented by Joseph M. Abraham of Folio Law Group PLLC and Michael A. Siem, Cedric Tan and Lynn Lehnert of Goldberg Segalla LLP.
The Tesla EV patent infringement case is Graphite Charging Co. LLC v. Tesla Inc., Case No. 1:23-cv-00925, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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