# 3:17-cv-00939 (N.D. Cal.) (district_court)

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.

## 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](/companies/waymo.md)
- **respondent**: Uber Technologies

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