LKQ Corporation et al v. General Motors Company et al

  1. September 28, 2026

    Sanction Bids In LKQ, GM Patent Case Are Rejected By Judge

    General Motors and a company that got the Federal Circuit to set more flexible standards for assessing whether a design patent is obvious had their requests to sanction each other shot down on Monday in a patent dispute over two vehicle fender designs.

  2. July 16, 2025

    Fish & Richardson Avoids DQ From GM Patent Fight

    A Chicago federal judge has declined to disqualify intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson PC from representing General Motors Co. in a suit over patents for fender designs, rejecting arguments that the firm sought to target a paralegal who had previously handled the case for opposing counsel.

  3. July 01, 2025

    GM Can't Escape Obviousness Challenge To Fender Design IP

    A company that got the Federal Circuit to set more flexible standards for assessing whether a design patent is obvious might have a shot at proving that two General Motors Co. design patents are indeed obvious under that new test, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday.