Garmin sues TomTom over patent infringement
Garmin, has filled a lawsuit against TomTom in a Wisconsin Federal Court. Garmin contends that TomTom is infringing on five Garmin U.S. patents held by Garmin. Among those patents is one that protects Garmin technology designed to calculate which streets are important enough to a driver’s route to be displayed on the device’s on-screen maps and therefore simplify the maps showing a vehicle’s location.
TomTom rejects Garmin’s claims. However, market analysts called this lawsuit bad news for TomTom and noted that if Garmin wins this case, TomTom will be forced to stop marketing it’s products in the US market.
Via Kansas City Star
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