Patent Infringement Dispute Escalates Competition In Electric Aircraft Market

Archer Aviation has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Vertical Aerospace, alleging that the UK-based company’s new Valo eVTOL aircraft copies protected elements of Archer’s Midnight design. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, claims infringement of two US design patents and one utility patent related to flight-control architecture and propulsion management. Vertical Aerospace has rejected the allegations, stating that it developed the Valo independently using its own proprietary technology. The lawsuit marks the latest intellectual property dispute in the eVTOL sector, as reported by AeroTime.