Judge-Shopping Sinks WiTricity’s Ideanomics Patent Lawsuit (1)

A Delaware federal judge dismissed WiTricity Corp.’s patent-infringement case against Ideanomics Inc. over wireless charging systems for electric vehicles, suggesting the complaint had been filed in a way that sought to avoid a judge who it expected would pause the lawsuit.

Judge Jennifer L. Hall said Massachusetts-based WiTricity didn’t comply with a local rule that a new complaint’s civil cover sheet indicate any case involving the same patent, according to a dismissal order issued Monday in the US District Court for the District of Delaware. If WiTricity wants to pursue its allegations, she said, it must refile the case with ...