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Driver Authentication Campaign Moves Beyond Automakers

January 3, 2024

After hitting four automakers, The Phelan Group, LLC has sued State Farm (2:23-cv-00611) with two of the seven patents already in suit, the lot generally related to a system for authenticating a driver of a vehicle. This past March, the plaintiff sued KIA and Toyota (which cases are now closed), hitting Honda and Mercedes-Benz Group just three days before the State Farm complaint. In this latest Eastern District of Texas case, The Phelan Group targets features for authenticating drivers and monitoring vehicles within the State Farm Drive Safe & Save platform.


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