{"id":296862,"date":"2017-02-24T06:36:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T06:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=296862"},"modified":"2017-02-24T06:36:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T06:36:07","slug":"googles-self-driving-firm-sues-uber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/googles-self-driving-firm-sues-uber\/","title":{"rendered":"Google’s self-driving firm sues Uber"},"content":{"rendered":"
Uber is being sued for stealing trade secrets and technology from Google.<\/p>\n
Waymo, set up by Google owner Alphabet, is taking legal action against Otto, Uber’s self-driving vehicle unit that it bought last year for $700m.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit argues that former Waymo manager Anthony Levandowski took information when he left to co-found a venture that became Otto.<\/p>\n
Uber said it took the allegations seriously and would review the matter carefully.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit alleges that Mr Levandowski “downloading 14,000 highly confidential and proprietary design files” during his time as a Google employee.<\/p>\n
“We believe these actions were part of a concerted plan to steal Waymo’s trade secrets and intellectual property,” Waymo said.<\/p>\n
Alphabet created Waymo earlier this year as a way of bringing self-driving technology – which Google has been working on for years – to market.<\/p>\n