Context: In 2019, Avago and its subsidiary Broadcom filed lawsuits against BMW (as well as Daimler/Mercedes-Benz) in Germany over the alleged infringement of patents related to chips used for wireless communications in connected vehicles (specifically covering technology used for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections). In October 2020, the companies entered into a patent licensing agreement, which covered Broadcom’s global patent portfolio. That agreement expired in 2025.
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In the U.S., BMW is being represented by Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner’s Lionel Lavenue, Timothy May, and Matthew Berntsen.
In Germany, BMW is being represented by Prof. Tilman Mueller-Stoy of Bardehle Pagenberg (ip fray firm profile).