Lyft Owes Quartz Auto $1 Million in Texas Software-Patent Suit

Lyft Inc. owes Quartz Auto Technologies LLC $1.05 million for infringing a mobile-mapping patent with its rideshare app, a jury found.

Lyft Inc. infringed US Patent No. 9,460,616, according to a jury’s verdict entered March 6 in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Quartz stated in a press release the company plans to pursue “equitable remedies,” which might include an injunction.

“At the trial Quartz did not request that the jury award a specific damages number, because Quartz believes that damages cannot be fully quantified and are inadequate to compensate Quartz for the harm caused ...