Wisk Aero LLC v. Archer Aviation Inc.

  1. August 11, 2023

    Boeing, Air Taxi Co. Settle IP Fight To Avoid Jury Trial

    Archer Aviation and rival Wisk, Boeing's air taxi unit, announced Thursday that they have settled a vigorously litigated trade secret and patent infringement dispute, resolving the legal fight that was set to go to a California federal jury trial in September.

  2. February 28, 2023

    Air Taxi Co. Can't Sanction Rival Over Data Deletion In IP Row

    A California federal judge ruled Monday against granting a sanctions motion lodged against air taxi startup Archer Aviation by competitor Wisk Aero in a trade secrets lawsuit, finding Wisk did not establish it was prejudiced by the conduct of an Archer employee who deleted electronic information.

  3. February 24, 2022

    IP Forecast: PayPal Looks To Halt Inventor's Patent Campaign

    PayPal will argue next week that U.S. District Judge Alan Albright should block a fintech inventor who’s sued Samsung, McDonald's and dozens of others from filing more patent infringement cases, pointing out that he's boasted online about "his strategy to get rich." Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.

  4. August 11, 2021

    Air Taxi Co. Says Rival's 'Sham' IP Suit Has Cost It $1B

    Air taxi startup Archer Aviation says that a Boeing-backed rival's "sham" trade secrets lawsuit and corresponding "smear campaign" have cost the startup over $1 billion, pointing out that the rival's attack came in the middle of Archer's $3.8 billion merger with a special purpose acquisition company.

  5. July 23, 2021

    Air Taxi Startup Beats 'Catastrophic' IP Injunction

    An air taxi startup avoided a "potentially catastrophic" blow to its $3.8 billion deal with a special purpose acquisition company after a California federal judge refused to grant an injunction in its intellectual property battle with a Boeing-backed rival.

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