On January 29, 2015, Ford Global Technologies LLC (“FGTL”) filed a complaint in the Eastern District of Michigan (2-15-cv-10394) against United Commerce Centers, Inc. (“UCC”), which FGTL believes is doing business as New World International, alleging design patent infringement of the following U.S. Design Patents, which are attributed to the 2004 Ford F-150 and the 2005 Ford Mustang. The pictures below are provided in the complaint.

U.S. Patent No.	Title	Ford Vehicle
D493,552	Vehicle Headlamp	2004 F-150
D501,685	Vehicle Headlamp	2004 F-150
D496,890	Vehicle Grill	2004 F-150
D489,299	Exterior of Vehicle Hood	2004 F-150
D493,753	Exterior of Vehicle Hood	2004 F-150
D498,444	Front Bumper Fascia	2005 Mustang
D501,162	Front Bumper Fascia	2005 Mustang
D510,551	Hood	2005 Mustang
D539,448	Vehicle Taillamp	2005 Mustang

FGTL’s complaint alleges UCC is a distributor and marketer of aftermarket automotive parts and accessories, and has sold aftermarket parts for the Ford 2004 F-150 and Ford 2005 Mustang. Ford alleges that UCC operates at least four active websites offering for sale aftermarket automotive parts, including autobodycarparts.com, autobodypartsnow.com, Quality-Parts.com, QWuality-Parts.us, and auto_lighthouse eBay and Amazon online stores. FGTL alleges that UCC has infringed, continues to infringe, and has actively induce others to infringe, and contributorially infringe FGTL’s design patents. FGTL’s complaint provides the following comparisons between the design patents and products allegedly sold by UCC.










In the complaint, FGTL seeks a finding of willful infringement, a preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining UCC from directly or indirectly infringing any of FGTL’s nine design patents. FGTL also seeks damages against UCC to adequately compensate FGTL for the infringement of the nine design patents. FGTL also alleges that the UCC infringement has been deliberate and willful, and that the damages should be trebled. FGTL declares that this is an exceptional case and requests an award of attorneys’ fee, disbursements, costs of the action, and an award of interests and costs.