Posts Tagged: "Volvo"

BMW, Volvo, Juniper Networks among first to cite TC Heartland in motions to dismiss

On Tuesday, May 30th, online legal news outlet Law360 reported that a trio of major automakers filed a motion asking a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (E.D. Tex.) to toss a patent infringement suit filed last May by Longview, TX-based patent licensing firm Stragent LLC. Reportedly, the automaker defendants argue that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods Group forecloses the case from being decided in E.D. Tex.

Steve Brachmann

June 2, 2017

Volvo to begin American sales of Chinese-made S60 Inscription this summer

The first Chinese shipments of the S60 Inscription are not expected to be high in volume. Volvo expects to ship 1,500 units to the U.S. in 2015 and 5,000 in following years, according to remarks made by Volvo CEO Håkan Samuelsson this April. 2015 sales levels of the Volvo S60 base model for the luxury sedan have only reached 8,884 units through mid-June, a figure that was down 13 percent from sales figures for the same time period in 2014. This low shipment volume is also likely to temper the skepticism which is expected from American consumers who will face the prospects of the first significant Chinese vehicle on the American market.

Steve Brachmann

June 23, 2015