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The lawsuit of Tesla Motors against Henrick Fisker has gone several miles starting from its beginning. Presently, the case is scheduled to go to arbitration. Fisker was the one who requested for arbitration which was granted by San Mateo Superior Court last Wednesday. Anyway, arbitration is a private settling of any dispute instead of going to court via one or more arbitrators that make binding decision on the dispute. Later in August is the schedule of the case management conference.

If you would remember, the reason why Tesla Motors sued Henrick was because of allegations that Henrick and his company, Fisker Couchbuild, copied the information and specifications of Whitestar, an electric vehicle that Tesla is making. Tesla hired Fisker to design the Whitestar however his design was rejected. Further, based from the case, Fisker and the chief operating officer of Fisker Couchbuild, Bernhard Koehler, accepted the contract just to have an access to the confidential design information and trade secrets of Tesla Motor’s Whitestar. After they’ve got the confidential info, Fisker also announced his own Karma, which is identical to Tesla motor’s Whitestar.

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