Lear Corporation v. NHK Seating of America Inc. (Settlement – E.D. Michigan): Only days into a federal jury trial, Lear Corp., represented by Brooks Kushman, and NHK Seating, informed a Michigan federal judge that the companies had reached a settlement in the patent infringement case involving headrest patents. Lear sued NHK Seating in 2013 saying the company infringed multiple patents for technology they used in their vehicle headrests. The case has been settled in its entirety.
CAO Lighting v. General Electric Company (Jury Trial – D. Delaware): A federal jury in Delaware found that General Electric will owe a combined $2 million to a Utah company, CAO Lighting, represented by Brooks Kushman, that owns the patent covering a type of LED light involved in this suit. Jurors deliberated for about a week and a majority voted in favor of CAO Lighting Inc.