A luxury car maker, Karma Automotive, filed suit for protected trade secrets against the DeLorean Motor Co., a San Antonio, Texas, startup that is designing a restyled electric powered version of the iconic car.

Karma, based in Irvine, California, and incorporated in Delaware, filed suit in the U.S. Southern District of Texas-Houston Division against the company and chief officers of DeLorean Motors Reimagined, which does business as DeLorean Motor Co.. It claimed the officers took trade secrets for a DeLorean project that Karma was in the process of bringing to market.