汽车与运输

From the early 1900s to the present, Ropes & Gray attorneys have served as key advisors to leaders in the automotive and transportation industries.


Experience

Noteworthy representations of automotive and transportation clients include:

  • Gentex Corp. for over 10 years, including cases where we enforced Gentex’s patents on electrochromic technology and defended against infringement claims relating to rearview signal mirrors.
  • Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motor America in a patent infringement action involving fuel systems in automobiles.
  • TS Tech in a patent infringement action related to vehicle seat headrest restraint systems.
  • RouteOne, for whom we successfully obtained summary judgment verdicts on all three patents-in-suit in an action involving Internet-based automotive financing.
  • Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas in an Eastern District of Texas patent litigation involving heavy vehicle telemetry.
  • Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings and Polar Air Cargo LLC, winning dismissal of claims in a multi-district antitrust litigation alleging market manipulation and claiming that our clients’ international pricing practices violated U.S., state and European Union antitrust laws.
  • TravelCenters of America and Petro Stopping Centers in action alleging the practice of selling motor fuel without certain adjustments violated consumer protection and unfair trade practice statutes in two dozen states.
  • American Industrial Partners and its portfolio company REV Group
    • in the sale of its shuttle bus businesses to Forest River, a Berkshire Hathaway company.
    • in the acquisition of Ferrara Fire Apparatus.
    • in the US$100 million acquisition of the Thor Bus division from Thor Industries.
    • in the acquisition from Navistar of its Monaco, Holiday Rambler and R-Vision recreational vehicle businesses.
  • Kohlberg & Co in its $135 million dividend recapitalization of Trico Products Corporation, a manufacturer of windshield wiping systems, wiper blades and refills for OEM and aftermarket applications worldwide.
  • Gridiron Capital in its $116 million sale of PAS Technologies, an aerospace and airplane parts manufacturer.
  • Berkshire Partners and Greenbriar Equity Group in their $820 million sale of Electro-Motive Diesel, a diesel-electric locomotive producer, to Progress Rail.