GM ready to resolve lawsuit against Ford over BlueCruise name
General Motors is ending its lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. over the use of a single word: cruise.
The battle started in July when GM sued Ford for copyright infringement saying Ford's name for its hands-free driving system, BlueCruise, too closely resembled GM's self-driving car subsidiary Cruise and GM's Super Cruise, its hands-free driving system that it introduced in 2012 and launched in 2017.
On Sunday night, GM told the Free Press the lawsuit had been resolved amicably, but declined to release any final terms. A Ford spokesman said the settlement is still in process, but made a comment that indicated future use of the word BlueCruise may continue on future Ford cars.
The comments come after lawyers for the automakers filed a notice of settlement with U.S. District Court Northern District California on Friday saying the parties are working out terms of a settlement. The notice requested a conditional dismissal and the two sides have 60 days to report back to the court if they’re unable to come to an agreement.
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