Motive Wins Omnitracs Lawsuit
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SAN FRANCISCO — Yesterday, Motive, the AI-powered Integrated Operations Platform, emerged victorious when a jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California delivered a unanimous verdict that Motive does not infringe any of Omnitracs' patents. This jury verdict was a win for Motive, its customers, and for innovation across the physical economy.
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Yesterday's verdict reinforces what Motive's customers already know — Motive's success is driven by the strength of its technology, including industry-leading AI and the breadth of its Integrated Operations Platform.
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'Omnitracs chose to wrongfully accuse us of patent infringement, instead of investing their time to build better and more innovative products to serve their customers,' said Shu White, Chief Legal Officer of Motive. 'Today's victory ensures that customers across the physical economy get access to the best tools in the world to improve the safety, productivity and profitability of their operations.'
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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 more than 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.
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