Texas software company Versata is suing former partner Ford over claims the automaker stole code from its proprietary technology.
The lawsuit, presented before a U.S. District Court judge in Texas and filed May 7, says Ford received a patent in 2014 for internally developed software meant to identify incompatible parts across a million vehicle configurations to avoid recall issues, Automotive News reports. The company goes on to claim said patent was based upon code for its own software, which was used by the automaker between 1998 and 2014 under an agreement netting Versata $8.45 million per year, and was denied a request to examine the new system in violation of the agreement.
Versata is seeking an injunction to block Ford from using the latter's so-called Automotive Configuration Manager, and gives the automaker until June 29 to respond.
Ford denies the allegations, proclaiming the new software was developed in 2010 after Versata declared its technology "obsolete," adding its replacement handles vehicle configuration "very differently, and more efficiently" compared to Versata's software. The automaker also is seeking to dismiss or transfer the case out of Texas to Michigan.
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