Michigan Motor Technologies LLC (MMT), an entity associated with Equitable IP Corporation, has resumed its sole litigation campaign with suits against BMW (1:22-cv-03804) and Mercedes-Benz (1:22-cv-03957) in the Northern District of Illinois. The seven asserted patents generally relate to various aspects of motor mechanics (e.g., systems for controlling fuel injection, fuel rail pressure, power consumption, throttles, and valve timing). BMW is accused of infringement through the provision of automobiles that incorporate the BMW 2.0L I4 N20 engine; Mercedes-Benz, through automobiles that incorporate the M176, M177, and M178 engines, as well as electric vehicles with displays that show power consumption information.

Michigan Motor Technologies LLC (MMT) has filed a second complaint asserting roughly half of the 40 plus former Visteon patents that the entity received from Mobile Automotive Technologies LLC (MAT) in August 2017. The new defendant is Volkswagen (2:19-cv-10485), and the patents generally relate to various aspects of motor mechanics (e.g., systems for throttle control, fuel vapor evaporation, liquid level monitoring, fuel injection, etc.). Volkswagen is accused of infringement through the manufacture and sale of shifting sets of vehicles across the various patents-in-suit. Last September, MMT’s first case, filed one year earlier against Hyundai, was dismissed with prejudice, nearly concurrently with the termination of inter partes reviews of ten patents in suit there in light of a settlement between the parties.