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Motive Defeats Samsara in IP Infringement Case, a Victory for Road Safety

Determination By ITC Judge Rejects Patent Infringement Claims

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On September 8, Motive Technologies, Inc. (“Motive”), the AI-powered Integrated Operations Platform, emerged victorious in the patent infringement investigation instituted by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

Judge Doris Johnson Hines of the ITC issued her determination in Samsara’s patent infringement case against Motive. The ruling was clear: Motive does not infringe any valid Samsara patent claims, and no section 337 violations were found against Motive.

This is a victory for Motive, and most importantly, a win for the nearly 100,000 customers and more than 1 million drivers who rely on its technology to improve road safety.

“Samsara falsely accused Motive of patent infringement in the ITC to stifle competition and disrupt our business. But they failed,” said Shu White, Chief Legal Officer of Motive. “With this legal attack in the rearview, Motive remains more focused than ever on our mission to improve the safety of our roads.”

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About Motive

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time, safety, operations, and finance teams can manage their workers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet-related spend in a single system. Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises such as Halliburton, KONE, Komatsu, NBC Universal, and Maersk across a wide range of industries including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, waste services, and the public sector. Visit gomotive.com to learn more.

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