Fiat-Chrysler settled Bluetooth SIG Inc.'s trademark claims less than two weeks before a scheduled trial in a Seattle federal court.
No details were immediately available about the settlement announced Thursday in US District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Counsel for the companies didn’t immediately respond to a requests for comment.
FCA US LLC, formerly Chrysler Group LLC, convinced the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to revive its “first sale” doctrine defense against the nonprofit Bluetooth’s claims last April. The trial set for March 13 would have weighed that defense along with the arguments that the ...
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