Samsara Sues to Stop Patent Infringement, False Advertising by Motive
24 Januar 2024 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Samsara Inc. ("Samsara") (NYSE: IOT), the pioneer of the
Connected Operations™ Cloud, today filed a lawsuit in federal court
seeking to stop ongoing intellectual property theft through patent
infringement, false advertising, and other illegal conduct by
Motive Technologies, Inc.
The lawsuit in Delaware federal court alleges that Motive, a
dashcam and GPS provider previously known as KeepTruckin, based
much of its product line and even its business strategy on
routinely stealing Samsara’s technologies and fraudulently
accessing Samsara’s platforms. Samsara’s filing asserts that Motive
illegally accessed Samsara’s platform, copied Samsara’s marketing
materials, and made unsubstantiated advertising statements.
EVIDENCE OF EXTENSIVE COPYING AND ILLEGAL CONDUCT
Samsara’s Complaint alleges that Motive stole core Samsara
technologies, infringing three of Samsara’s patents that protect
Samsara’s flagship IoT devices, data platform, and features. The
allegations highlight that Motive’s CEO Shoaib Makani was
personally involved in Motive’s conduct, along with other
senior-level employees down to members of the Sales and Customer
Support teams. Motive’s unlawful practices have been covert,
systematic, and extensive. Activity records show that Motive
employees surreptitiously viewed Samsara’s Dashboard more than
20,600 times from 2018 to 2022.
On top of the theft and copying, Samsara alleges Motive
commissioned at least two intentionally flawed and misleading
benchmarking studies to “test” and “compare” Motive’s product
against Samsara’s. Motive has also relied on those reports to make
false claims about Samsara products.
CONDUCT CONTINUED AFTER MOTIVE PUT ON NOTICE
Samsara pursued legal action after more than a year of urging
Motive's leadership and Board of Directors to cease their unlawful
activities. Activity logs show that Motive’s Director of Product
continued to attempt to access Samsara’s platform even after Motive
claimed to have asked its employees to stop. Motive continued to
introduce products mimicking Samsara’s innovations as recently as
November 2023.
Samsara is asking the court to enter judgment recognizing
Motive’s infringement of Samsara’s patents covering several of the
company’s innovative solutions in fleet management and driver
safety, included within Samsara’s Telematics, Video-Based Safety,
and Sustainability solutions, permanently stopping Motive’s illegal
conduct, and ordering Motive to compensate Samsara for its losses
and damages under state and federal law.
Learn more about the lawsuit at:
https://www.innovationprotection.com/motivelawsuit
About Samsara
Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™
Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend
on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to
develop actionable insights and improve their operations. With tens
of thousands of customers across North America and Europe, Samsara
is a proud technology partner to the people who keep our global
economy running, including the world’s leading organizations across
construction, transportation and warehousing, field services,
manufacturing, retail, logistics, and public sector. The company's
mission is to increase the safety, efficiency, and sustainability
of the operations that power the global economy.
Samsara is a registered trademark of Samsara Inc. All other
brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective
holders.
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Adam Simons Samsara innovationprotection@samsara.com
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