Munck Wilson Mandala offers an arsenal of attorneys whose expertise spans the entire spectrum of automotive technology. Creating personalized legal strategies, we help our clients become industry leaders in this competitive and disruptive field.

The automotive technology industry has seen impressive disruption over the past decade. We have an agile legal force able to cater to every emerging trend from expansion into ride sharing services, enhancements for smart cars, and the drive for more eco-friendly transportation.

The automotive technology industry has seen impressive disruption over the past decade. We have an agile legal force able to cater to every emerging trend from expansion into ride sharing services, enhancements for smart cars, and the drive for more eco-friendly transportation.

Our experience ranges from entrepreneurs to seasoned veterans in the field. Offering client-driven solutions, we can assist with business growth and development, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, litigation, workforce support, and more.

In addition to IP, litigation, and corporate representation, our attorneys are well-versed in supply chain management and employee labor laws to ensure all aspects of the business run smoothly. We take a proactive legal approach that allows our clients to focus on their immediate goals.

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“Who owns this car?”: Intellectual property protection of software-featured products

For example, software features may be remotely disabled within a purchased product.  Recent reports are that Tesla remotely disabled advanced software features within a 2017 Model S after purchase, via software update.  The car was purchased from a dealer that had previously bought the car from Tesla at auction as a California Lemon Law buyback,

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Munck Wilson Mandala’s Michael Rodriguez Graduates from Hispanic Austin Leadership

Rodriguez is a member of Munck Wilson Mandala’s technology/intellectual property law group, concentrating his practice on patent and trademark preparation and prosecution.  His clients are in the construction, electronics, energy, retail, restaurant, telecommunications, pet-care, vehicle manufacturing, and defense industries. As a college student, Rodriguez was both an athlete and a scholar, playing for the baseball

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