I have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Mapfre in the mercantile court nº 2 of Zaragoza city (proc. 80/2010). Its insurance-telematics Y-Car would infringe several claims of the ES2108613 patent.
The technology of this project is supplied by Octotelematics.
This Spanish patent is the precursor one of the well-know European patent EP0700009 and in Spain Norwich Union (Aviva) is the only one who has a license (non exclusive).
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