Tesla has been hit with a new patent-infringement lawsuit alleging the company knowingly used protected robotics technology in its Autopilot and self-driving systems.
Info via Reuters.
The suit, filed in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia on Monday, comes from Perrone Robotics, whose founder Paul Perrone claims to have developed a general-purpose robotics operating system designed to work across multiple automated platforms—solving the earlier challenge of needing bespoke hardware and software for each vehicle.
Perrone alleges that all Tesla models equipped with any version of Autopilot over the past six years infringe five of the company’s patents. One of those patents was reportedly offered to Tesla for purchase in 2017, according to the filing.
The complaint seeks unspecified damages and an injunction to stop further use of the contested technology. Tesla did not immediately comment.
