The long-anticipated trial between Uber and Waymo begins today

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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, addresses a gathering at an event in New Delhi, India, December 16, 2016.

• 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.

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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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