{"id":398672,"date":"2018-02-05T14:09:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T14:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=398672"},"modified":"2018-02-05T14:09:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T14:09:19","slug":"uber-v-google-self-drive-tech-clash-heads-court-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/uber-v-google-self-drive-tech-clash-heads-court-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber v Google: Self-drive tech clash heads to court"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two of the biggest players in self-drive technology will meet in a San Francisco courtroom on Monday.<\/p>\n
Ride-sharing firm Uber is being sued by Waymo, the self-driving company spun out of Google.<\/p>\n
Uber is accused of stealing and using trade secrets relating to Lidar (light detection and ranging) – one of the technologies that enables an autonomous car to understand what is happening around it.<\/p>\n
While bitter and expensive legal disputes between tech companies are common, it’s rare for these tussles to be played out in public and in front of a jury – and that’s what we’ll see over the next three or so weeks.<\/p>\n