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Carmakers Want Silicon Valley’s Tech Without Its Patent Wars
- Automakers are learning the mistakes by smartphone companies
- Ford, BMW among those looking for licenses without lawsuits
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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.