Again, with similar caveats to the above and extended to Cruise, whether or not there was a strong claim against Cruise, any M&A or IPO activity leaves a company super vulnerable.

I wonder what the scenario was in the SC case. Were they just sharing information in a "friendly" manner, or was it a failed merger or acq.

Edit: It looked like there were some acquisitions-- and SC was initially a suitor; but the IP seems to have moved around a bit making it somewhat murky