FILES) This file photo taken on September 13, 2016 shows pilot models of the Uber self-driving car at the Uber Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Uber has grounded its fleet of self-driving cars pending an investigation into the crash of an Uber autonomous vehicle in Arizona, a spokesperson for the car-hailing service said on March26, 2017. No one was seriously injured in the accident which occurred on March 24 in Tempe, Arizona, while the vehicle -- a Volvo SUV -- was in self-driving mode, the company said. / AFP PHOTO / Angelo Merendino
As automakers turn their vehicles into app-laden computers on wheels, there’s one habit they don’t want to acquire from Silicon Valley: fighting over patents in court.
Manufacturers from BMW AG to Hyundai Motor Co to Ford Motor Co are trying to learn from the smartphone wars, which cost technology companies hundreds of millions of dollars in legal fees, as they prepare to revolutionize their vehicles.
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