Eagle Harbor and MediusTech filed suit against Ford over seven patents related to stability control, parking assistance, media consoles in cars, and blind spot detections.  According to the complaint,  “Eagle Harbor’s predecessor Medius, Inc. (“Medius”) was founded in 2000 by Dan Preston to develop technologies in the areas of information systems, communications, and computer science. Dan Preston is an inventor of most of the Patents in Suit, and Medius was the original assignee of all the Patents in Suit except U.S. Patent No. 7,793,136. Eagle Harbor, which was incorporated in 2010, is the successor-in-interest of Medius and the original assignee of U.S. Patent No. 7,793,136. In 2002, in response to a request from Motorola to demonstrate to Ford alow-cost adaptive cruise control based on Medius’s proprietary technology, Medius developed and demonstrated a working prototype of a multi sensor fusion system in support of adaptive cruise control. On September 5, 2002, Medius personnel met and communicated directly with Ford personnel about Medius, its intellectual property, and its automotive technologies, including autonomous and adaptive cruise control, automated parking support, and collision warning, mitigation and avoidance. Also in 2002, a former Ford executive joined Medius’s Board of Advisors.” 6/30, Western District of Washington, 3:11-cv-05503.