Ocado facing USITC probe over robot-operated warehouses
British online supermarket Ocado is under investigation for patent infringement in the US, following a complaint from a Norwegian robotics company.
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Patents
17 June 2021 Ocado Group has failed to convince an English High Court judge to grant an interim injunction that would prevent the disclosure of certain evidence in a US lawsuit with Norwegian robotics firm AutoStore.
Patents
12 October 2021 Norwegian robotics firm AutoStore has failed to persuade the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board to reexamine Ocado’s robot-operated warehouse system patent.
Patents
14 December 2021 Online grocery group Ocado’s robotics products do not infringe on any valid AutoStore patents, a US International Trade Commission chief judge has ruled.