BMW Pushes for Susman Funding Deal Details in Arigna Patent Suit

Arigna Technology Ltd. should be forced to turn over documents related to its litigation funding, German automaker Bayerishche Motoren Werke AG—the target of a patent litigation compaign by the Irish patent monetizer—said in a filing Jan. 26.

BMW’s opposition to a motion to withdraw by attorneys from Susman Godfrey LLP representing Arigna said the documents—revealed to them after the patent holding company sued its funder in another federal district court—are material to the patent-infringement lawsuit, and hinted it could eventually seek sanctions against the white-shoe law firm.

The question whether third-party litigation funding information must be or should be ...