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From: Sam5/16/2017 12:42:46 PM
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Uber must return stolen Waymo files, can continue self-driving work: U.S. judge
INNOVATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | Mon May 15, 2017 | 2:56pm EDT

By Dan Levine and Heather Somerville | SAN FRANCISCO

Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] must promptly return stolen confidential files to Alphabet Inc's ( GOOGL.O) Waymo self-driving car unit, a federal judge ruled, while stopping short of shutting down the ride-services company's autonomous car program.

The judge wrote that Uber knew, or should have known, that an ex-Waymo engineer it later hired had taken Waymo files potentially containing trade secrets, and that some of the intellectual property had "seeped into" Uber's own development efforts.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco, unsealed on Monday, marked a blow to Uber, which is engaged in a battle with Waymo to dominate the fast-growing field of self-driving cars expected to revolutionize the automotive industry.

Alsup referred the case to the U.S. Department of Justice for investigation of possible trade secret theft on Thursday, when the ruling was released under seal. He also ruled against Uber's private arbitration request that would have kept much of the case out of the public eye.

Uber was also ordered to keep engineer Anthony Levandowski away from work involving Lidar, a key sensor technology in self-driving cars that is the crux of the current litigation.

The case hinges on files that Waymo alleges Levandowski stole before leaving the company. Waymo claims the information made its way into Uber's Lidar system.

continues at reuters.com
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