Motive Technologies filed a countersuit in federal court Thursday against fleet technology rival Samsara Inc. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)
Fleet telematics provider Motive Technologies is hitting back at rival Samsara Inc., filing a lawsuit accusing Samsara of copying and using its proprietary technology and patents, including AI vehicle camera technology.
Motiv's lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that “Samsara has engaged in illegal and anticompetitive business practices for years by copying Motiv's products and technology and stealing its intellectual property. He claims to have been engaged.”
“Our actions against Samsara include, among other things, patent infringement, fraud, false advertising, and theft of Motive's trade secrets,” Motive co-founder and CEO Shoaib Makani said in a statement to FreightWaves. , stemming from Samsara's illegal and anti-competitive business practices.” “Motive has spent years developing AI to prevent accidents and make roads safer. Samsara has been unable to build a competitive AI solution, and as a result, we have lost large enterprise customers to Motive. Instead of developing better products, Samsara has resorted to IP theft and anti-competitive behavior to try to fill the gap.”
The lawsuit also accuses Samsara employees of creating more than 30 fake Motive accounts on the company's platform, according to truthandsafety.com, a website set up by Motive to dispute Samsara's legal claims. are doing.
In a statement, Samsara disputes the allegations made by Motive in its complaint.
“Rather than stop their illegal activities, Motive has decided to emulate our claims,” Samsara spokesperson Adam Simmons said in a statement to Freightwave. “As demonstrated in our complaint, this is the same copycat tactic that Motive uses in product development. The allegations in Motive’s lawsuit are intentionally distracting, and we We have full confidence in our defense. We remain committed to ending Motive's ongoing infringements and illegal activities to ensure fair competition, innovation, and safety across our industry. Masu.”
Ongoing legal battle
The move alleges that Samsara has accused Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) of copying and using its proprietary technology, running false and misleading advertisements, and creating fictitious accounts to access the site. The lawsuit comes nearly three weeks after a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that the Samsara's Connected Vehicle Platform.
Both San Francisco-based technology companies offer telematics products such as ELDs and dashcams for the transportation and logistics industry.
In a statement regarding the initial lawsuit, Motiv said the legal action taken by Samsara was “worthless and anti-competitive.”
Samsara files second complaint against Motive
On February 9, Samsara filed a second complaint against Motiv with the U.S. International Trade Commission regarding some of Motiv's products. According to a Samsara spokesperson, the lawsuit seeks “a cease and desist order preventing the importation of Motive's Vehicle Gateway and Dashcam products into the United States and a cease and desist prohibiting Motive from selling, marketing, advertising, and distributing Vehicle Gateway and Dashcam products.” “I'm asking for orders.” The company sold the drive recorders on the grounds that these products infringed some of Samsara's patents. ”
Motive is embroiled in a legal battle with another safety and vehicle technology provider, Omnitrax, which filed a lawsuit against the telematics provider in October. The lawsuit focuses on his 11 patents that Omnitracs claims Motive copied from his Omnitracs.
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