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Stealing trade secrets and infringing its patents
- Waymo, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, is suing Uber for allegedly stealing trade secrets and infringing its patents. It claims that a top Google engineer, Anthony Levandowski, downloaded thousands of secret Waymo documents and then joined Uber which used those secret designs in its own driverless cars.
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Feb 9, 2018 · Waymo v. Uber, the first great legal fight over autonomous vehicles, ended in a peace treaty Friday morning: Uber gave Google’s sister company a 0.34 percent stake in its business (worth $245...
- Waymo vs Uber lawsuit: Everything you need to know ... - WIRED
Waymo, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet,...
- Waymo vs Uber lawsuit: Everything you need to know ... - WIRED
Feb 9, 2018 · The surprise settlement brings to a close one of the highest profile court battles in Silicon Valley history, pitting Waymo -- the self-driving car spinoff of Google's parent company, Alphabet...
Feb 6, 2018 · Waymo, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, is suing Uber for allegedly stealing trade secrets and infringing its patents. It claims that a top Google engineer, Anthony...
Feb 6, 2018 · After all, Waymo is suing Uber for misappropriating eight of its trade secrets, after an engineer named Anthony Levandowski left Waymo to form his own autonomous truck company in January...
- Who started self-driving first? Google, before it formed Waymo, started working on self-driving cars in 2009. Uber announced its autonomous vehicle program in February 2015.
- What is Anthony Levandowski's connection to Google? Levandowski has a long history of working on self-driving cars. He joined Google as a software engineer in 2007 and helped pioneer the tech giant's self-driving-car project.
- What is lidar? Lidar, or "light detection and ranging," is one of the main technologies used in both Waymo and Uber's self-driving cars. It's a key component that lets the vehicles "see" their surroundings and detect traffic, pedestrians, bicyclists and other obstacles.
- What did Levandowski allegedly do? Waymo alleges that Levandowski went to great lengths to steal the 14,000 files and then cover his tracks. It claims he downloaded "specialized software" to access the files, downloaded 9.7 gigabytes of confidential information and then transferred the data to an external hard drive.
Jun 7, 2022 · The companies announced the surprising partnership five years after Waymo filed a suit against Uber, alleging a plot to steal trade secrets and intellectual property.
Mar 3, 2018 · Under the settlement agreement, Uber will pay Waymo 0.34% of its equity, a share which is valued at approximately $245 million. The settlement also contains an agreement prohibiting Uber from using Waymo’s confidential information in its autonomous vehicle technology.
