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Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property

Feb. 6, 2018

Both sides point fingers as Waymo trial begins

Both trial teams at the Waymo-Uber trade secret trial began their opening statements by identifying a company in the autonomous car industry which they claimed was desperate due to being in over its head in a market suddenly rife with competition. But they disagreed about which company they were describing.

Both sides point fingers as Waymo trial begins
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP parter Charles Verhoeven, left, argued Uber Technologies Inc. stole Waymo LLC trade secrets. Susman Godfrey LLP partner Bill Carmody, representing Uber, called that a "conspiracy theory."

SAN FRANCISCO — Both legal teams at the Waymo-Uber trade secret trial began their opening statements by identifying a company in the autonomous car industry that was desperate due to being in over its head in a market suddenly rife with competition. They disagreed about which company they were describing.

“This case is about two competitors where one competitor decided they needed to win at all cost,” said Charles K. Verhoeven, a par...

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