Judge shelves Nikola’s $2 billion patent lawsuit against Tesla
Photo: Nikola Motor Company A federal judge has administratively closed a $2 billion patent infringement lawsuit hydrogen trucking startup Nikola filed against Tesla in 2018, essentially pulling it off the Northern District Court of California's docket because the two companies stopped responding. Nikola has until October 6th to show cause as to why the case should continue. Otherwise, the case of Nikola v. Tesla will be dismissed.
Nikola has dropped the ball, and this 2018 action is languishing without explanation or apparent good cause," Judge James Donato wrote in an order to show cause published this week. Consequently, the case is administratively closed. Nikola is ordered to show cause in writing by October 6, 2021, why the case should not be dismissed for...