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According to a February 2017 civil lawsuit filed by Waymo officially known as Waymo v. Uber (Levandowski was not a defendant in the case), [44] Levandowski allegedly "downloaded 9.7 GB of Waymo's confidential files and trade secrets, including blueprints, design files, and testing documentation" [45] [46] before resigning to found Otto.
An ensuing settlement gave Waymo 0.34% of Uber stock, [164] the equivalent of $245 million. Uber agreed not to infringe Waymo's intellectual property. [ 170 ] Part of the agreement included a guarantee that "Waymo confidential information is not being incorporated in Uber Advanced Technologies Group hardware and software."
The cozy relationship between Uber and Waymo is a dramatic about-face from the legal bickering that culminated in the two sides agreeing to a $245 million settlement during a high-profile trial in 2018. The truce resolved a lawsuit alleging former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick conspired with former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski to steal Waymo ...
Waymo said it is already providing 150,000 trips per week in Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Austin. Uber, which relies on human drivers for its ride-hailing, could possibly be threatened ...
Alphabet Inc's Waymo self-driving vehicle unit and ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc have settled their legal dispute over trade secrets. Waymo and Uber reach settlement in trade secret case ...
Uber has denied conspiring with Anthony Levandowski to steal Waymo's self-driving tech in its latest court filing. According to Bloomberg and Reuters, Uber refuted Waymo's accusation that it ...
Legal woes for Uber were among the collision fallout. Herzberg's daughter retained the law firm Bellah Perez, [18] and together with the husband quickly reached an undisclosed settlement on March 28 while local and federal authorities continued their investigation. [77] Herzberg's mother, father, and son also retained legal counsel. [78]
In the latest bad news for Uber, the judge presiding over its trade secrets lawsuit with Google self-driving car unit Waymo has asked federal prosecutors to investigate the case. Reuters and ...