Ford Motor Co. didn’t only beat a quarter-billion dollar patent infringement lawsuit over its Sync hands-free interface this week. The automaker’s lawyers at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr turned the tables on their opponents, persuading a federal jury that Ford’s accuser swiped the company’s trade secrets.
Capping a 10-day trial in Tacoma, Washington, a federal jury on Thursday cleared Ford of allegations that it infringed four patents owned by Eagle Harbor Holdings LLC, a technology licensing company represented by Susman Godfrey. Eagle Harbor was seeking $240 million in damages.
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