The long-anticipated trial between Uber and Waymo begins today
- The Uber-Waymo trial begins Monday morning.
- The case will determine whether Uber is guilty of stealing intellectual property from Waymo, a self-driving car company that spun out of Google.
- Waymo is seeking damages from Uber, as well as a permanent injunction blocking it from using the tech.
Uber and Waymo are finally heading to court.
On Monday morning, the long-anticipated trial will begin to determine whether an Uber executive stole trade secrets from Waymo, a self-driving car unit owned by Google's parent company.
The trial has been months in the making. Last February, Waymo sued Uber, claiming that one of its employees, Anthony Levandowski, stole vital technology shortly before starting his own self-driving company, which Uber later acquired.
Uber says Levandowski took huge troves of confidential Google documents with him when he left - and these trade secrets were allegedly used while he was at Uber as the company raced to develop its own "Lidar" technology, a kind of sensor used in self-driving vehicles.
Google is now seeking damages from Uber, as well as a permanent injunction blocking it from using the technology.
The trial starts Monday morning. We'll update this post with the most important developments as they happen. Refresh for the latest.
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