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Fisker Automotive — the Orange County hybrid electric car company headed by automotive designer Henry Fisker — has just been sued by Tesla Motors, the Elon Musk-funded, Silicon Valley electric car company. The New York Times has the details. Both companies are well funded by venture capital firms — Tesla’s backers also include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Fisker Automotive is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byer.
San Diego-based Veoh, which filed for protection from Universal last month in a pre-emptive lawsuit, has finally been sued by Universal, which says that the video sharing startup is infringing on its copyrights. Veoh, which is backed by former disney chief Michael Eisner, provides an online video sharing web site which allows its users to post their own videos, alongside other content.
It’s looking like a good week for the litigation lawyers, as one of Broadcom’s lawsuits against Qualcomm was also revived yesterday.