A jury in Grand Rapids, Mich., delivered an across-the-board win to automobile mirror maker Samvardhana Motherson Reflectec Group Holdings Ltd., which was accused of infringing patents for a side mirror developed to eliminate blind spots.
Magna Mirrors of America sued SMR in 2017 and sought $24 million in damages based on SMR’s sales of allegedly infringing side mirrors used on several Ford models and the Fiat 500.
In its trial brief, SMR stated that Magna, a rival mirror maker, got the patents at issue at a point after learning in 2009 that SMR had convinced several automakers to switch ...
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