This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Intellectual Property

Feb. 9, 2018

Uber and Alphabet-owned Waymo settle trade secrets lawsuit

Uber Technologies Inc. settled the trade secret case brought against it by Waymo LLC Friday morning, agreeing to give the autonomous car tech company an equity stake valued at roughly $244 million.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Uber Technologies Inc. settled the trade secret case brought against it by Waymo LLC Friday morning, agreeing to give the autonomous car tech company an equity stake valued at roughly $244 million.

Google Ventures made a $258 million investment into Uber in 2013. Google Ventures has the same parent company as Waymo, Alphabet Inc.

A Waymo spokeswoman issued a statement saying: "We h...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$895, but save $100 when you subscribe today… Just $795 for the first year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up