June 22, 2017
Former Uber Technologies Inc. CEO Travis Kalanick knew last year that a then-engineer possessed trade secrets from Waymo LLC, Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving car unit said Wednesday while arguing that Uber must prove to a California federal court that it shouldn't be held in contempt for its repeated failure to surrender the documents.
June 20, 2017
Uber Technologies Inc. on Monday defended the extensive privilege log it provided to Waymo LLC in a trade secrets suit and urged the California federal court not to make it hand over documents Waymo requested after receiving the log.
June 19, 2017
Lyft Inc. on Friday blasted Uber Technologies Inc. for bringing it into Waymo LLC's trade secrets suit against Uber in California federal court, saying Uber's subpoena is a thinly veiled attempt to get access to a competitor's confidential information, not a legitimate litigation tactic.
June 09, 2017
Uber Technologies Inc. successfully shook an unfair competition claim in a patent infringement suit from driverless car rival Waymo LLC on Friday when a California federal judge said the count was superseded by the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
June 07, 2017
U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Wednesday refused Anthony Levandowski's request to modify an order recommending Uber pressure the now-fired engineer to return documents he allegedly stole from Google's self-driving car affiliate Waymo, rejecting claims the order created a constitutional conflict between Levandowski's employment rights and his Fifth Amendment rights.
June 05, 2017
The former Google engineer at the center of a high-profile trade secrets battle with Uber over driverless car technology on Friday reiterated his reasons for invoking his Fifth Amendment rights, saying he is genuinely concerned about criminal prosecution.
May 30, 2017
Uber has fired the former Google engineer at the center of a high-profile legal battle between the two tech giants over driverless car technology, according to a court filing Tuesday.
May 25, 2017
Alphabet Inc. unit Waymo asked a California federal judge Thursday to make Uber hand over a due-diligence report prepared in anticipation of acquiring a self-driving car company started by Anthony Levandowski, an ex-Waymo employee accused of stealing trade secrets, arguing Uber was trying to invoke a work-product privilege to shroud Levandowski's alleged crimes.
May 24, 2017
Waymo asked a California federal judge on Tuesday to force a former engineer who's now working for Uber to provide a detailed list of documents he's refusing to disclose under the Fifth Amendment in a high-profile trade secrets fight alleging the ride-sharing giant stole the Alphabet Inc. unit's self-driving car technology.
May 22, 2017
Uber Technologies Inc. is seeking to stay California federal court proceedings while it appeals a decision denying its bid to arbitrate trade secret and patent infringement claims from Waymo LLC over driverless car technology allegedly stolen by a former top engineer.