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Intellectual Property

Feb. 8, 2018

Uber consultant makes concession in Waymo trade secrets trial

It was a rough day for ride-hailing app maker Uber Technologies Inc. in the trade secrets trial where autonomous driving company Waymo LLC has accused its rival of recruiting the head of its engineering team to acquire confidential information.

Uber consultant makes concession in Waymo trade secrets trial
Charles Verhoeven, a partner with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP who represents Waymo LLP, in its suit alleging rival Uber Technologies Inc. acquired trade secrets about its self-driving car project.

SAN FRANCISCO — It was a rough day for ride-hailing app maker Uber Technologies Inc. in the trade secrets trial in which autonomous driving company Waymo LLC has accused its rival of recruiting the head of its engineering team to acquire confidential information.

Whether it was clever time management by Waymo’s legal team or a coincidence, the last thing the jury heard in court Wednesday was that the engineer, Anthony Levandowski, li...

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