Lawyers for Waymo, the Alphabet Inc. unit that’s commercializing Google’s self-driving car research, spent Wednesday morning trying to convince a federal judge that Uber’s rival program ...

SAN FRANCISCO—In a packed courtroom on the first day of the blockbuster Waymo v. Uber trade secrets trial, both sides presented their opening arguments. Charles Verhoeven, Waymo's top lawyer ...

The lines from one of Uber's court filings are more than mere hyperbole. Two of the largest companies in the self-driving-car sector have been mud-slinging since Waymo, a recent spin-out of Google ...

Waymo has drawn a sordid picture, contending that Levandowski heisted thousands of documents containing Google trade secrets before defecting to Uber. Waymo says Levandowski conspired with former ...

Waymo's strategy, to show it was up against some bad guys at Uber, does ultimately help make its trade secrets case. “One of the key underpinnings of trade secret law is business ethics,” says ...

Under the terms of the settlement, Waymo dropped its claims that Uber stole key trade secret technology from Waymo when it hired former Waymo wünder-engineer Anthony Levandowski and acquired Otto ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A federal judge dealt multiple blows to Waymo’s trade secrets case against Uber ahead of its December trial, weakening allegations that Uber stole its driverless car technology. U ...

The Uber-Waymo trial started on 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.

During a tense exchange, Judge William Alsup allowed an Uber lawyer to disclose that Alphabet’s Waymo is seeking $2.6 billion for the highest value of a series of stolen trade secrets.

Uber told a federal judge Friday that it didn’t use stolen trade secrets ... Uber. Waymo had asked U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup to halt Uber’s driverless car project until the case ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Waymo and Uber settled their legal fight Friday, nearly a year after Waymo first accused the ride-hailing company of plotting to steal important self-driving car technology.