Overview
- Perrone Robotics announced new patent suits against Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, and Nissan in the Eastern Districts of Texas and Virginia.
- The complaints allege that general-purpose robotics operating systems with autonomous-vehicle extensions, described as GPROS, are embedded in the defendants’ automated driving stacks.
- Separately, Perrone filed Perrone Robotics Inc v. Tesla Inc in the Eastern District of Virginia, No. 25-02156, accusing Tesla vehicles with Autopilot over the past six years of infringing five patents.
- Perrone cites a key patent, U.S. 10,331,136, that it says was offered to Tesla in 2017 and declined, and it seeks to halt alleged use and obtain unspecified damages.
- Reporting noted Tesla had not yet listed counsel in the Virginia case, as the company faces a broader pattern of autonomy IP litigation it often contests through inter partes reviews.