Motive Files Lawsuit Against Samsara to Protect Innovation and Fair Competition
Recent legal actions taken by
Today’s lawsuit filed in the
With today’s filing, Motive seeks to set the record straight and put an end to Samsara’s unlawful and anticompetitive behavior. Motive’s allegations against Samsara include patent infringement, theft of intellectual property and trade secrets, fraud, false and deceptive advertising, defamation, and intentional interference with prospective economic relations.
Motive Pioneered Products and Technology that Power Fleet Operations — Samsara Followed
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Motive pioneered the first iPhone- and Android-based fleet management and electronic logging platform in 2013 and manufactured its first Vehicle Gateway (LBB-1) in
August 2015 . Samsara was founded inJuly 2015 and released its copycat Vehicle Gateway (VG32) in April of the following year. -
Motive certified its Electronic Logging Device (ELD) with the
U.S. Department of Transportation’sFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) inJuly 2016 , a full year before Samsara certified its own ELD with the FMCSA, with a Driver App that was a copy of Motive’s. - In 2019, Motive spent considerable time and resources developing its AI Dashcam with an Ambarella chip in collaboration with QSMC, a leading electronics manufacturer. Motive’s filing claims that starting in late 2019, Samsara poached Motive’s Vice President of Hardware Engineering and other engineering leaders to steal trade secrets and IP related to Motive’s AI Dashcam. Samsara is in the process of launching its next-generation AI Dash Cam, manufactured by QSMC, using an Ambarella chip — seeming to directly copy Motive’s hardware design and supplier relationship.
Samsara Accessed Motive’s Platform to Allegedly Copy its Capabilities, and to Steal Trade Secrets and IP
Motive alleges that beginning in 2016, Samsara's leadership, including Chief Product Officer
Furthermore, Samsara poached key engineering leaders from Motive in a targeted effort to steal trade secrets and intellectual property, as well as senior sales executives in order to steal customers and other confidential information according to Motive’s complaint.
Motive Alleges That Samsara Falsely Advertises its AI Capabilities, Harming Customers and Making Roads Less Safe
Samsara introduced its AI Dash Cam in
It is clear that Samsara would prefer to compete in court rather than in the marketplace. With today’s lawsuit, Motive is seeking damages for patent infringement, the return of profits gained as a result of Samsara’s false advertising claims about the Samsara AI Dash Cam, as well as injunctive relief to protect its legitimate business interests, including its confidential, proprietary, and trade secret information. Motive demands a jury trial for all claims mentioned in its lawsuit as triable by law.
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