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U.S. Patent Office Rules In Favor Of Nikola In Lawsuit Against Tesla Semi

• https://insideevs.com by Gustavo Henrique Ruffo

On May 4, 2018, we told you Nikola Motor Company had decided to sue Tesla. It alleged that Tesla violated six patents with the design of the Semi, which cover the windscreen, door, and bodywork design of the Nikola One. The Phoenix-based manufacturer claims the Tesla Semi is 'substantially' based on its truck. After almost two years, Nikola's CEO, Trevor Milton, went to Twitter to celebrate a recent decision from USPTO (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office). It ruled in favor of his company, as you can see below.

We wanted to check precisely what Milton was talking about, and we found Paper 7 of IPR2019-01646. That is a petition Tesla filed at the USPTO to question the patent's validity. Tesla does not think Nikola could even register its designs.