Patent litigation
3:17-cv-00939 (N.D. Cal.)
Waymo's trade-secret and patent suit against Uber over self-driving lidar, centered on engineer Anthony Levandowski, who left Google's self-driving project, founded Otto, and joined Uber when it acquired Otto in 2016 (see acquisition uber-acquires-otto-2016). Settled February 2018 for roughly $245M in Uber equity (a 0.34% stake) plus an agreement not to use Waymo technology. Waymo had publicly CLAIMED damages of around $1.8-2.6B; the verified outcome is the ~$245M equity settlement, not the claimed figure.
district_court · settled · settled undisclosed
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Key facts
- Venue
- district_court
- Case number
- 3:17-cv-00939 (N.D. Cal.)
- Status
- settled
- Outcome class
- settled undisclosed
- Filing date
- 2017-02-23
- Decision date
- 2018-02-09
- Damages
- $245000000 (verified_settlement)
- Verification posture
- verified
Parties (2)
- complainant · Waymo
- respondent · Uber Technologies
Sources (2)
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2517411b-1ed6-479f-beb4-6b430d3995d8