Two EV startups may soon be battling it out in court over alleged breach of contract and patent infringement.
EV startup Bollinger Motors filed a lawsuit this week in the U.S. District of Southern New York against Munro Vehicles, and its head designer, over alleged breach of contract, patent infringement and trade dress infringement, according to court documents.
The central figures in the lawsuit are the Bollinger B1 SUV and B2 truck, the Munro MK_1 SUV and Ross Compton, a former contract designer for Bollinger who went on to become lead designer for Munro. Bollinger alleges in the lawsuit that Compton breached his contract and violated a mutual non-disclosure agreement by referring to confidential Bollinger files, with Munro’s awareness, while designing Munro products.
